Orme Square

1–2 Orme Square, Bayswater, London, W2

Orme Square is a square in Bayswater, London, England, off the north side of Bayswater Road 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] 1–2 and are Grade II listed buildings.

Notable residents[]

• 1 Rowland Hill (1795–1879), postal reformer, who lived there from 1839 to 1842, while he was introducing the penny post.^[2][3]
• 2 Frederic Leighton, artist who lived there from 1860 to 1866.^[4]
• 2 George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood
• 2 David Lascelles, 8th Earl of Harewood
• 3 Emelia Russell Gurney, activist who lived there until her death in 1896.^[5]
• 4 Leopold Canning, 4th Baron Garvagh (1878–1956), Royal Flying Corps officer and co-founder of the British Fascisti^[6]
• 8 Charles Hall, Vice-Chancellor of England.^[4]
• 12 Edward Dannreuther (1844-1905), German pianist and writer on music^[7]
• Mackenzie Bell (1856-1930), writer, poet and literary critic^{[citation needed]}
• Henry Fauntleroy (1794-1824), forger.^[1]
• Jeremy Thorpe^[8]

References[]

Coordinates: 51°30′37.38″N 0°11′22.64″W / 51.5103833°N 0.1896222°W / 51.5103833; -0.1896222