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Allingham, surgeon; 50, Earl Carrington; 59, Right Hon. James
Lowther, M.P.; 72, Sir James Reid; and many others.
Brook Street was first called Little Brook Street, and afterwards Lower
Brook Street. It takes its name from the Tyburn, which flowed down
the course of South Molton Lane and Avery Row, by Bruton Mews to
the bottom of Hay Hill, and through the gardens of Lansdowne House
to Shepherd's Market. It then crossed Piccadilly at Engine Street, and
flowed through the Green Park to Buckingham Palace.
In Brook Street is Claridge's (formerly Mivart's) Hotel. Here lived: No.
25 (now 72), Edmund Burke; Sir Henry Holland, 1820-73; 63, Sir
William Jenner; 74, Sir William Gull; 57 (now 25), Handel, the
composer; Lord Lake, d. 1808; Welbore Ellis, Lord Mendip, d. 1802;
Mrs. Delany; 20, Gerald Vandergucht, engraver, and his son Benjamin
Vandergucht, painter; Thomas Barker, painter; 25, Rev. Sydney Smith;
30, Sir Charles Bell, d. 1832; 34, Sir Thomas Troubridge, 1809; 63, Sir
John Williams, physician; 66, Sir B. Savory, Bart.; 74, Lord Balcarres;
84, Sir William Broadbent, physician; 86, Lord Davey, P.C., F.R.S.
In South Molton Street, on the wall of No. 36, is an inscription: "This is
South Molton Street, 1721." At No. 17 lived William Blake, poet and
painter, in 1807. The St. George's Schools, at No. 53, were removed in
1889 to Gilbert Street, and the building sold for £2,500.
In Woodstock Street lived: Dr. Johnson, 1737; Prince Talleyrand, 1793;
Dr. Parr, 1814. Running out of it are Sedley Place, so named in 1873
instead of Hanover Place, and Blenheim Street, up to 1760 called
Pedley Street.
East of New Bond Street, Hanover Square, four acres in extent, was
built as a fashionable place of residence in 1716-20. It was to have been
called Oxford Square, but the name was changed in honour of the
house of Hanover. A few of the old houses still remain, notably Nos. 17

and 23, but most of them have been rebuilt at various times, and are not
in any way remarkable. The centre is enclosed and planted with trees,
and at the southern end stands a bronze statue of Pitt by Chantrey,
erected in 1831 at the cost of £7,000. The principal houses are: No. 3,
the offices of the Zoological Society, established in 1826, and removed
here in 1846; those of the Anthropological Society; 4, a large handsome
building erected in 1774 by Sir George Gallini, and opened by him as
the Hanover Square Concert and Ball Rooms. Here J. C. Bach, son of
Sebastian Bach, gave concerts from 1785-93. The concerts of Ancient
Music and those of the Philharmonic Society also took place here. In
1862 the rooms were redecorated and styled the Queen's Concert
Rooms, but were in 1875 disposed of to the Hanover Square Club,
established in that year.
No. 10 was formerly the Brunswick Hotel, but has been rebuilt as
chambers.
No. 12, formerly the offices of the Royal Agricultural Society, now
those of the Shire Horse Society and Kindred Associations.
No. 13, Harewood House, was built by W. Adam for the Duke of
Roxburghe, and purchased in 1795 by Lord Harewood, in whose family
it remained until 1894, when it was sold to the Royal Agricultural
Society, established in 1838 for the improvement of agriculture.
No. 15 now forms part of the Orthopædic Hospital in Oxford Street.
No. 16 in 1845 was occupied by the Royal College of Chemistry,
established in that year, and afterwards removed first to Oxford Street,
and in 1835 to the School of Mines, Jermyn Street.
In No. 17 Mrs. Jordan is said to have lived under the protection of the
Duke of Clarence, afterwards William IV. In 1864 it became the home
of the Arts Club, established in that year for persons interested in art,
literature, or science. The house contains a fine painted ceiling by
Angelica Kaufmann, and some marble mantelpieces of Italian
workmanship, but is soon to be demolished.

No. 18 is the Oriental Club, founded in 1824 by Sir John Malcolm for
persons who have resided or travelled in the East. The present house,
on the site of one occupied by Lord Le Despenser 1771-81, was built in
1827 by the Wyatts, and contains some good portraits of Lord Clive
and other distinguished Anglo-Indians.
No. 20 is the offices of the Royal Medical, Pathological, and Clinical
Societies, established 1867.
No. 21 was the site of Downshire House from 1793. It was before that
date the property of the Earl of Hillsborough. Here, in 1835, lived
Talleyrand, then French Ambassador; after him, Earl Grey. It has been
rebuilt, and is now a bank, above which is the New County Club,
located here in 1894.
No. 32 was the home of the Naval and Military Club from 1863-65.
At No. 23