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Beaumont Street is a street in the
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, London, that runs from
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in the north to the junction of
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and
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in the south. The street is crossed midway by
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and Clarkes Mews adjoins Beaumont Street on its eastern side at the southern end.


Inhabitants

The historian
John Richard Green John Richard Green (12 December 1837 – 7 March 1883) was an English historian. Early life Green was born on 12 December 1837, the son of a tradesman in Oxford, where he was educated, first at Magdalen College School, and then at Jesus C ...
lived at No. 4 The Macdonald sisters lived at No. 17 in the middle of the nineteenth century.
Walter Savage Landor Walter Savage Landor (30 January 177517 September 1864) was an English writer, poet, and activist. His best known works were the prose ''Imaginary Conversations,'' and the poem "Rose Aylmer," but the critical acclaim he received from contempora ...
lived at No. 38 in 1794 after being expelled from
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for firing a pistol at the window of a Tory at the university.Williams, George G. Assisted by Marian and Geoffrey Williams. (1973) ''Guide to Literary London''. London: Batsford, p. 280.


Buildings

Beaumont Street is the home of the King Edward VII Hospital and for a time, the Marylebone Library.


Further reading


Fourteen trees
were planted along Beaumont Street in 2013 * Beaumont Stree
Chapter from the Survey of London The Bartlett School of Architecture
*
King Edward VII Hospital, London King Edward VII's Hospital (formal name: King Edward VII's Hospital Sister Agnes) is a private hospital located on Beaumont Street in the Marylebone district of central London. Agnes Keyser, later known as Sister Agnes, established the hospi ...
*Westminster City Council Conservation Audit for Beaumont Street


References

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