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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 Devonshire Street and Clarkes Mews adjoins Beaumont Street on its eastern side at the southern end.

Inhabitants

The historian

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lived at No. 4 The Macdonald sisters lived at No. 17 in the middle of the nineteenth century.

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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:

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, p. 280.

Buildings

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

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