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of Norfolk, Lord Derby, Lord Dowries, the Duke of Ormond,
and several others of the nobility, in St. James Square;
Monsieur Foubert in Brewer Street; the Earl of Shrewsbury
and the Earl of Murray in Duke Street; Sir
Cyril Wich, Sir Miles Cooke, and the Earl of Dover in
Jermyn Street ; Sir William Petty and Sir Thomas Clargesin
or near Sackville Street; and Lord Hunsdon in "Dog
Fields" (near where Golden Square now is). To this list
may be added a few representative names of subsequent
famous residents, such as George III., who was born at Norfolk
House, St. James's Square, Mr. Fox, who resided next to
Brooks' Club, in 1781, and his political opponent, Pitt, who
lived in Savile Row about 1783, the poet Byron, who lived in
the Albany; Sir AValter Scott, who had apartments at 25,
Pall Mall, and died in Jermyn Street; Sir E. Bulwer Lytton,
who lived in the Albany; Macaulay, who wrote his History in
the same place; Sir Isaac Newton, who lived in Jermyn
Street; Dean Swift, who lived in St. Albans Street (which
has been merged in Regent Street and Waterloo Place); Dr.
William Hunter, who died in Great Windmill Street;
Madame de Stael, who lodged at No. 30, Argyll Street;
Addison, Bishop Kennett, and Samuel Rogers, all of whom
lived in St. James Place; Sir Joshua Wedgwood, who lived
in York Street, and Waller the poet, Gibbon the historian,
and Gillray the caricaturist, all of whom lived in St. James'
Street. This list might be extended almost indefinitely, but
enough has perhaps been said to give some idea of. the
number of persons, famous in various respects, who have at
different times resided in the Parish of St. James.
Some of the wealthy ratepayers resented in a very practical
manner the amount at which they were assessed; thus the
Earl of Devonshire, who was rated in the sum of £6, paid
£1, 10.0 and "would not pay noe more." Part of the balance
was, however, subsequently received from the Earl of Ossory,