George Street is a street in

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, England. Located in the

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, it runs east from Edgware Road until it reaches Marylebone High Street at its junction with

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. It crosses a number of streets including

Seymour Place Seymour Place is a street in Marylebone in Central London. Located in the City of Westminster, it runs north from Seymour Street until it meets Marylebone Road, where it becomes Lisson Grove. It is crossed by Crawford Street, George Street, and ...

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, Manchester Street and

Baker Street Baker Street is a street in the Marylebone district of the City of Westminster in London. It is named after builder William Baker, who laid out the street in the 18th century. The street is most famous for its connection to the fictional detec ...

. It is named after

George III George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 173829 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of the two kingdoms on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Br ...

who was on the throne when the street was first laid out in the

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. The area is part of the old

Portman Estate The Portman Estate, covering 110 acres of Marylebone in London’s West End, was founded in 1532 when the land was first leased to Sir William Portman. The Portman Estate also has two rural estates in Buckinghamshire and Herefordshire. In addi ...

which was redeveloped into a grid of streets for affluent housing. Part of the street west of Gloucester Place was once known as Upper George Street, but this was renamed by Marylebone Council. In 1810 the

Hindoostane Coffee House The Hindoostane Coffee House, opened at 34 George Street, London in 1810, was an Indian cuisine, Indian restaurant, and the first of its kind in the British Isles. It was founded by Sake Dean Mahomed, a former captain in the British East India Co ...

was established in the street by

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. The

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St James's Church was opened in 1890. The street also contains

Durrants Hotel Durrants Hotel is located at 26-32 George Street, in the central London district of Marylebone, England. Established in 1789, the hotel has been owned by the Miller family since 1921 and is one of the last remaining privately owned hotels in Lon ...

, opposite the rear of Hertford House, the home of the

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. The Irish writer

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lived in the street and a

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now commemorates him. At the southern end of

Bryanston Square Bryanston Square is an garden square in Marylebone, London. Terraced buildings surround it — often merged, converted or sub-divided, some of which remain residential. The southern end has the William Pitt Byrne memorial fountain. Next t ...

is a memorial fountain to

William Pitt Byrne Jews in Georgian Society: The Laras of London, Pearl Foster, Silverwood Books, pp221-222 William Pitt Byrne (c. 1806 – 6 or 8 April 1861) was a British newspaper editor and proprietor of ''The Morning Post''. He graduated from Trinity Colle ...

, editor of '' Morning Post'' newspaper. Marie Belloc Lowndes, author of '' The Lodger'', was born in the street in 1868. In the 1930s

Wallis Simpson Wallis, Duchess of Windsor (born Bessie Wallis Warfield, later Simpson; June 19, 1896 – April 24, 1986), was an American socialite and wife of the former King Edward VIII. Their intention to marry and her status as a divorcée caused ...

lived in an apartment in Bryanston Court, where her future husband Edward, Prince of Wales used to call on her.Pasternak p.46

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