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In honour of the coronation of the new English king, the area was named Hanover Square. This reflected the century-long Whig Ascendancy because its name echoed the staunch and predominant support among the British Establishment towards the
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Booth's Poverty Map, 1889, identifies gold (top) income for Hanover Square and wealthy incomes surrounding; it finds nearest true poverty in Soho a few blocks east; the height of ground is given in feet.
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While a few of the 18th-century houses remain largely intact, most houses have been replacements of later periods. It is now predominantly occupied by offices, including the London office of
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This was among the prestigious streets of the socialite elite of the capital in the 19th century, and increasingly national institutions and corporate headquarters. These included:
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that permanently codified the exclusion of Catholics from the English throne. "Early Hanover Square was decidedly
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Development of the land that would become Hanover Square began shortly after the accession of the
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In the 2010s, the north west corner of the square was removed and rebuilt as part of the
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The Hall Woodhouse family, prominent surgeons from the 1870s to 1910s – as to No. 1
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and most decidedly military", commented architectural historian Sir
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and John Pepper, "names conspicuously associated with episodes in
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was built, with commercial office space in a new building above.
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Some early residents of Hanover Square included Generals
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Royal Agricultural Society in the 1880s – as to No. 12
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Hanover Square, London

Marylebone
green square
Mayfair
Westminster
Oxford Circus
Oxford Street
Regent Street
Oxford Street
Brook Street
Bond Street
Elector of Hanover
King George I
Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough
Glorious Revolution
Hanoverian succession
Act of Settlement 1701
Whig
John Summerson
Earl Cadogan
Sir Charles Wills
Lord Carpenter
Hamish Smith
Marlborough’s war
Fifteen
parish church
St George's, Hanover Square
William Steuart
James Abercrombie

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