Berkeley Square - Famous Residents

Famous Residents

Residents of Berkeley Square have included:

  • George Canning, UK Prime Minister (1827) — at no. 50
  • Winston Churchill lived at no. 48 as a child
  • Robert Clive of India — bought no. 45 in 1761 and committed suicide there in 1774.
  • Sarah Child Villiers, Countess of Jersey (Lady Jersey), one of the famous patronesses of Almack's and leaders of the ton during the Regency era; heiress to the Child & Co. banking fortune — at no. 38.

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