Doughty Street - Notable Occupants

Notable Occupants

  • Charles Dickens Museum (No. 48) - Charles Dickens lived here between 1837 and 1839 and wrote Oliver Twist in the house. His sister-in-law, Mary Hogarth died here. It has been a museum since 1925.
  • Novelist and dramatist, and friend of Charles Dickens, Edmund Yates lived at No. 43 in the 1850s and recorded memories of the house and street in his memoirs.
  • Authors Vera Brittain and Winifred Holtby shared a flat at No. 52 in the 1920s and earlier Sydney Smith lived at No. 14.
  • Doughty Street Chambers (No.10-11 & 53-54). This prominent Human Rights Chambers have occupied property on the street since opening its doors for business for the first time in 1990. Starting with only 30 members, they now have 100 barristers.
  • The Spectator, a conservative magazine was based at No. 55 for many years until moving to new premises.
  • 18 Doughty Street (Doughty Media Ltd.), a conservative internet site.
  • Sir Travers Humphreys, the eminent judge, was born here in 1867.
  • The British Thoracic Society, a medical professional body are at No. 17.
  • The UK office of the US educational charity the Fulbright Commission are based at No. 62.

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