Orme Square is a square in Bayswater, London, England, off the north side of

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and on the north-west corner of Hyde Park, overlooking Kensington Gardens.

Origin of Name

It is named after the British engraver, painter, publisher of illustrated books, and property developer Edward Orme (1775-1848). 1–2 and 3 Orme Square are

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Notable residents

* 1

Rowland Hill Sir Rowland Hill, KCB, FRS (3 December 1795 – 27 August 1879) was an English teacher, inventor and social reformer. He campaigned for a comprehensive reform of the postal system, based on the concept of Uniform Penny Post and his soluti ...

(1795–1879), postal reformer, who lived there from 1839 to 1842, while he was introducing the

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. * 2

Frederic Leighton Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton, (3 December 1830 – 25 January 1896), known as Sir Frederic Leighton between 1878 and 1896, was a British painter, draughtsman, and sculptor. His works depicted historical, biblical, and classical subjec ...

, artist who lived there from 1860 to 1866. * 2

George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood George Henry Hubert Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood, (7 February 1923 – 11 July 2011), styled The Honourable George Lascelles before 1929 and Viscount Lascelles between 1929 and 1947, was a British classical music administrator and author. He ...

* 2

David Lascelles, 8th Earl of Harewood David Henry George Lascelles, 8th Earl of Harewood (born 21 October 1950), styled as Viscount Lascelles until 2011, is a British hereditary peer and film and television producer. He is a second cousin of Charles III and a great-grandson of Geo ...

* 3

Emelia Russell Gurney Emelia Russell Gurney (1823–1896) was an English activist, patron and benefactor. After her marriage she was generally known as Mrs. Russell Gurney. Life She was born Emelia Batten, daughter of the Rev. Samuel Ellis Batten (1792–1830), mas ...

, activist who lived there until her death in 1896. * 4 Leopold Canning, 4th Baron Garvagh (1878–1956), Royal Flying Corps officer and co-founder of the

British Fascisti The British Fascists was the first political organisation in the United Kingdom to claim the label of fascist, although the group had little ideological unity apart from anti-socialism for much of its existence, and was strongly associated with ...

* 8 Charles Hall,

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. * 12 Edward Dannreuther (1844-1905), German pianist and writer on music * Mackenzie Bell (1856-1930), writer, poet and literary critic * Henry Fauntleroy (1794-1824), forger. *

Jeremy Thorpe John Jeremy Thorpe (29 April 1929 – 4 December 2014) was a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament for North Devon from 1959 to 1979, and as leader of the Liberal Party from 1967 to 1976. In May 1979 he was tried at the ...

John Preston: ''A Very English Scandal'', Viking, 2016

References

{{Commons category, Orme Square Bayswater Streets in the City of Westminster