Notable private residents in the Piazza
No. 43 King Street. William Paget, Baron Paget
of Beaudesert, 1637–43; John Trenchard, 1644,
agent to the fourth Earl of Bedford, member of the
Long Parliament; Sir Henry Vane the younger,
1645–7, statesman, member of the Long Parliament;
Sir Arthur Ingram, c. 1647, member of the Long
Parliament; <James Cranfield, 2nd Earl of Middlesex, 1648–9;> Dr. William Rant, c. 1650–3; Sir Edward
Hales, baronet, 1655–61, member of the Long
Parliament; Sir Kenelm Digby, 1662–5, author, naval
commander and diplomatist; Denzil Holles, first Baron
Holles of Ifield, 1666–80, statesman; Nathaniel
Crew, third Baron Crew of Stene, 1681–c. 1688,
Bishop of Durham; Hon. Edward Russell, first Earl
of Orford, c. 1690–1727. In 1716–17 this portico
building was demolished and the present house erected
on the site (see page 166).
No. 1 Great Piazza. Walter Montagu, 1637–41,
? Abbot of St. Martin, near Pontoise; Sir William
Waller, 1644, parliamentary general, member of the
Long Parliament; Sir Thomas Trenchard, 1645–
c. 1647, member of the Long Parliament; John Paulet,
fifth Marquis of Winchester, c. 1650–6; Nathaniel
Fiennes, 1657–9, member of the Long Parliament;
Charles Gerard, first Baron Gerard of Brandon, first
Earl of Macclesfield, 1660–1; Sir Thomas Draper,
knight, 1662–c. 1703; Lady Mary Draper, c. 1703–17;
Sir Harry Ashurst, 1718–23; William Hunter, 1749–
1760, surgeon.
No. 2 Great Piazza. Sir John Harper, 1639–41;
Lady Mansell, 1641–5; Zouch Tate, c. 1647–50,
member of the Long Parliament; Mrs. Tate, 1650–65;
Sir Charles Cotterell, knight, 1666–8, M.P., courtier;
Sir Richard Temple, baronet, 1676–85, politician;
Prosper Henricus Lankrink, 1686–92, painter, assistant
to Sir Peter Lely; Lord 'Fitz-Williams', 1707–8;
Lord Falconbridge, 1708–11; Lord Powis, 1713; Sir
John Cotton, 1717–20; Dr. Noel Broxholme, 1721,
physician.
No. 3 Great Piazza. John Mordaunt, first Earl of
Peterborough, 1639–43; Lady 'Holborne', 1658–63;
William Broun(c)ker, second Viscount Brouncker,
1664–70, first President of the Royal Society; Marchioness of Clanricarde, 1671–5; Viscountess 'Muscree', 1676; Sir Thomas Orby, 1677–91; John
Closterman, 1692–1713, portrait painter; Edward
Gouge, 1714–c. 1734, 'limner'; Hamlet Winstanley,
c. 1736–53, painter and engraver, pupil of Sir Godfrey
Kneller.
No. 4–5 Great Piazza. Sir Thomas Culpeper the
elder, 1640–c. 1641, writer on usury; Lady 'Calveley',
1652–9; Gregory King, 1677–9, herald, genealogist,
engraver.
No. 6–7 Great Piazza. Sir William Alexander, first
Earl of Stirling, 1638–40, poet and statesman; Sir
Henry Wallop, 1640–4, member of the Long Parliament; Robert Wallop, 1645–c. 1647, ? regicide,
member of the Long Parliament; Sir Lionel Tollemache, 1653–4; Edmund Dunch, 1655–7, member of
the Long Parliament; Viscount Burnell, 1658–60;
Hon. Edward Russell, 1663–90, colonel; Robert, Lord
Russell, 1691–c. 1698, son of the fifth Earl (and first
Duke) of Bedford.
No. 8 Great Piazza. Thomas Killigrew, 1636–40,
dramatist; Philip Wharton, fourth Baron Wharton,
1640–1; Henry Mordaunt, second Earl of Peterborough, c. 1647, royalist; Sir David Watkins, knight,
c. 1651–7 (mortgagor to Thomas Killigrew); Lady
Watkins, 1658–60; Thomas Killigrew, 1661–2,
dramatist (see above), then engaged in building the first
Theatre Royal Drury Lane; Aubrey de Vere, twentieth
Earl of Oxford, 1663–c. 1673; Resident envoy of the
Republic of Venice, c. 1675; Sir William Walter,
1676–93; Lady Knightley, 1694–c. 1698; Rt. Hon.
Lord James Russell, c. 1699; Thomas Murray, c. 1702–
1726, portrait painter.
No. 9–10 Great Piazza. Robert Holborne, 1640–3,
? Sir Robert Holborne, lawyer (knighted 1643),
member of the Long Parliament; Colonel Thorp,
c. 1647, ? Francis Thorpe, judge, member of the Long
Parliament; Lord Lucas, c. 1651–71 (given in the
ratebooks as Sir John Lucas in 1652–5, 1657);
Thomas Grey, second Earl of Stamford, 1718–20,
statesman; Hon. Edward Wortley Montagu, 1720–30,
M.P. and diplomatist.
No. 10–11 Great Piazza. Sir Thomas Littleton,
knight, 1637–9; Sir John Winter, 1639–43, secretary
to Queen Henrietta Maria; Sir Peter Lely, c. 1651–80,
portrait painter; Thomas Hawker, 1682–5, portrait
painter; Roger North, 1686–c. 1694, lawyer and
historian, executor to Sir Peter Lely; Lady North,
c. 1698; Charles Macklin, 1753–5, actor and stagemanager.
No. 12 Great Piazza. Sir Edmund/Edward Pye,
1637–c. 1673; Lady Katherine Pye, c. 1675–93;
Matthew Aylmer, Baron Aylmer, 1694–1720, naval
commander-in-chief; Sir John Norris, 1720–2, naval
commander-in-chief; Sir James Thornhill, 1722–34,
painter; George Douglas, fourth Baron Mordington,
c. 1736–41, author.
No. 13–14 Great Piazza. Sir Edward Sydenham,
1635–43; Sir Charles Gawdy, 1637–43; Lady Cooke,
1638–43; Denzil Holles, first Baron Holles of Ifield,
1644–52, statesman, member of the Long Parliament;
? Sir William Constable, c. 1645, member of the Long
Parliament; ? Edward Montague, c. 1645, member
of the Long Parliament; Mildmay Fane, second
Earl of Westmorland, 1656; Sir Edward Ford,
1656–63, royalist soldier and inventor; Charles
Stuart, sixth Duke of Lennox, third Duke of Richmond, 1664; Swedish ambassador, 1668; Colonel
John Strode, 1669–79; Countess Dowager of
Peterborough, 1669–c. 1673; Unspecified foreign
diplomatic envoy, c. 1675–6; Elizabeth, Lady Dacres,
later Countess of Sheppey, 1679–86; Edward Howard,
fifth Earl of Carlisle, 1686–9; Dutch ambassador,
1690–2; George Dodington, c. 1702–14, 1718–20,
(? uncle of George Bubb Dodington); George Bubb
Dodington, later first Baron Melcombe, c. 1720–25;
Dr. Douglas, 1726–32, ? James Douglas, physician.
No. 15 Great Piazza (back house). John Rich,
1743–60, theatrical manager; Priscilla Rich, 1761–7;
William Powell, 1769, actor; Elizabeth Powell, 1769–
1771; George Colman the elder, 1772–4, dramatist.
No. 16–17 Great Piazza. Sir Edmund Verney the
elder, 1636–c. 1641, courtier and soldier, member
of the Long Parliament, killed at Edgehill; Sir Peter
Ingram, c. 1643; Countess of Peterborough, 1644–7;
Sir Humphrey Tracy, c. 1651–7; Sir Robert Bowles,
1659–63; Mountjoy Blount, first Earl of Newport,
1664–6, royalist; Lady Dacres, 1679; Nathaniel
Crew, third Baron Crew, 1680, Bishop of Durham;
Sir Godfrey Kneller, first baronet, 1682–c. 1702,
painter; Arthur Pond, 1727–c. 1734, painter and
engraver.
No. 18–19 Great Piazza with No. 13 Russell Street.
Lady Hobart ('Hubbert'), 1637–c. 1641; Doctor
Denton, 1652, ? William Denton, physician and
political writer; James St. Amand, 1679–1728,
antiquary.
No. 1 Little Piazza. Sir Thomas Hanmore,
1640–3; Sir John Wittwrong, 1647.
No. 2 Little Piazza. Henry Wilmot, second Viscount Wilmot, later first Earl of Rochester, 1647,
soldier, member of the Long Parliament; Earl of
'Kileare', c. 1651; Duke of Florence, 1659; Earl of
Meath, 1660–4; Sir James Barkman Leyenberg,
1666–70, Swedish Resident; Sir Richard Temple,
baronet, c. 1674, politician.
No. 3 Little Piazza. Sir William Uvedale, 1640–
c. 1647, paymaster of the King's army, member of the
Long Parliament; Sir William Plater, c. 1651, member of the Long Parliament; Lord Savage, 1653; Lady
'Savidge', 1654; Sir William Parkhurst, 1655;
Countess Ancrum, 1656; Jane, Lady Angier, 1657–61;
Murrough O'Brien, first Earl of Inchiquin, 1663; Sir
Edward Ford, 1664–5, royalist soldier and inventor.
No. 4 Little Piazza. William De Ryck, 1691–2,
history painter; Thomas Hawker, c. 1705–7, portrait
painter; John Abraham Fisher, 1771–4, violinist.
No. 1 Tavistock Row. Thomas Savile, first Viscount
Savile, first Earl of Sussex, 1635–43, c. 1647–1659;
Henry Grey, Earl of Kent, 1644–c. 1645; Richard
Boyle, second Earl of Cork, later first Earl of
Burlington, and Arthur Annesley, first Earl of Anglesey, 1660, member of the Long Parliament; Sir John
Colladon, 1670–1, 1673; Lady Cartwright, 1672;
Countess of Manchester, c. 1675–6; William Petre,
fourth Baron Petre, 1677–84.
No. 2–3 Tavistock Row. Sir Peter Temple, 1637–43,
member of the Long Parliament; Lady Cranburne,
1661; Lady Griffin, 1662.
No. 37 Henrietta Street. Francis Clein, c. 1650–8,
draughtsman, ornamental painter, etcher.
No. 1 King Street. Francis Russell esq., 1639–
c. 1641, ? younger son of the fourth Earl of Bedford;
Sir James Bridgman, 1653–6.