{{Short description|Street in St John's Wood, London}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}} thumb|A view looking along Hamilton Terrace in 2007 '''Hamilton Terrace''' is a wide, tree-lined residential thoroughfare in St John's Wood, London, England. It runs north to south from Carlton Hill to St. John's Wood Road, and is parallel to Maida Vale to the west.
The street was named after Charles Hamilton, a Harrow School governor.<ref name="sjwbook">{{cite book|last1=Tames|first1=Richard|title=St. John's Wood and Maida Vale Past|date=1998|publisher=Historical Publications Ltd|location=London|isbn=0948667532|page=140}}</ref>
The street is home to a variety of grand detached and semi-detached houses and mansion blocks.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Dare Hall|first1=Zoe|title=Iconic Streets: Hamilton Terrace|url=http://www.thelondonmagazine.co.uk/people-places/area-guides/iconic-streets-hamilton-terrace.html|website=thelondonmagazine.co.uk|publisher=The London Magazine|accessdate=24 January 2018|archive-date=14 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814155341/http://www.thelondonmagazine.co.uk/people-places/area-guides/iconic-streets-hamilton-terrace.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The listed Anglican church St Mark's, Hamilton Terrace is located at the intersection of Abercorn Place and Hamilton Terrace.<ref name="church listing">{{cite web|title=Church of St. Mark|url=https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1066681|website=Historic England|accessdate=21 November 2017}}</ref>
==Notable residents== {{more citations needed| section|date=October 2020}} *No.3 Michael Ayrton, English artist, lived at No. 3<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.londonremembers.com/subjects/michael-ayrton/|title=Michael Ayrton|website=London Remembers}}</ref> *No.8 Norman Kerr, physician remembered for his work in the British temperance movement, lived at No. 8 (formerly No. 1) *No.10 Henry Barnett, banker and politician, lived at No. 10. Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor and musicologist, lived at No. 10. *No.14 Philip Jones, English jazz trumpeter, lived at No. 14<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stjohnswoodmemories.org.uk/content/arts/music-musicians/philip_jones_cbe_1928_-_2000|title=Philip Jones CBE 1928 - 2000}}</ref> *No.17 Sir Joseph Bazalgette, English civil engineer, designer of the Victoria Embankment, lived at No. 17<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/blue-plaques/bazalgette-sir-joseph-william-1819-1891|title=English Heritage|website=www.english-heritage.org.uk}}</ref> *No.20 Sir George Alexander Macfarren, English composer, and Natalia Macfarren lived at No. 20{{Citation needed|reason=Link broken and not an English Heritage plaque|date=March 2021}} *No.20 William McMillan, Scottish sculptor, lived at No. 20{{Citation needed|reason=Link broken and not an English Heritage plaque|date=March 2021}} *No.20 William Strang, Scottish artist, lived at No. 20<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/blue-plaques/strang-william-1859-1921|title=English Heritage|website=www.english-heritage.org.uk}}</ref> *No.29 Nicholas Trübner, publisher, bookseller and linguist, lived at No. 29 *No.29 Joseph Octave Delepierre, Belgian lawyer, archivist, diplomat, author and antiquary, died at No.29. *No.37 John Minton, and Keith Vaughan, English artists, shared a flat at No. 37<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.christies.com/features/John-Mintons-rediscovered-painting-Jamaican-Village-7886-1.aspx|title=Rediscovered: The vast John Minton painting unseen in public for 65 years | Christie's|website=www.christies.com}}</ref> *No.40 Honor Blackman, English actress<ref name="auto"/> *No.40 Kathleen Ferrier, English singer<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.stjohnswoodmemories.org.uk/content/arts/music-musicians/40_hamilton_terrace_originally_17|title=40 Hamilton Terrace, originally 17}}</ref> *No.63 Sir Arthur Wing Pinero, English dramatist, actor and theatre manager, lived at No. 63<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.richardfordmanuscripts.co.uk/subject/music-and-theatre?page=11|title=Music and Theatre | Richard Ford|website=www.richardfordmanuscripts.co.uk}}</ref> *No.65 Alan Wheatley, English actor, lived at No. 65 *No.70 Thomas Hardy, English novelist, author of ''Far from the Madding Crowd'', rented No.70, in 1893<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.thelondonmagazine.co.uk/people-places/area-guides/iconic-streets-hamilton-terrace.html| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160516135618/http://www.thelondonmagazine.co.uk/people-places/area-guides/iconic-streets-hamilton-terrace.html| archive-date = 2016-05-16| title = The London Magazine}} </ref> *No.85 Jonathan Sacks, English rabbi, Chief Rabbi in Britain from 1991 to 2013, philosopher, theologian, and author, lived at No. 85 *No.93 Gerald Finzi, English composer, was born at No. 93<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.londonremembers.com/memorials/gerald-finzi/|title=Gerald Finzi|website=London Remembers}}</ref> *No.98 Brian Johnston, English cricket commentator and journalist, lived at No. 98<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WnqhIxJj0ZMC&q=brian+johnston+Hamilton+Terrace&pg=PA157 |title = A Delicious Slice of Johnners|isbn = 9780753548059|last1 = Johnston|first1 = Brian|date = 30 September 2011}}</ref> *No 100 Henry Barnett, banker and politician, was the original owner. Robbie Williams temporarily rented it before the debut of his 2019 Christmas album song, "Idlewild".<ref>{{cite news|author=Ruth Bloomfield|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-modern-day-makeover-for-a-banking-barons-former-london-villa-11579795248|title=A Modern-Day Makeover for a Banking Baron's Former London Villa|work=The Wall Street Journal|date=2020-01-23|access-date=2021-03-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Louisa Clarence-Smith, Carol Lewis, Helen Davies|url=https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/property-home/article/downfall-of-the-not-so-secret-estate-agent-dp8pn5q0v|title=Downfall of Daniel Daggers, the not-so secret estate agent|work=The Times|date=2020-01-23|access-date=2021-03-06}}</ref> *No.103 Joseph Hertz, Hungarian rabbi, Chief Rabbi in Britain from 1913 to 1946, lived at No. 103<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.londonremembers.com/memorials/rabbi-hertz/|title=Rabbi Hertz|website=London Remembers}}</ref> *No.135 Audrey Fildes, English actress, lived at No. 135 *Henry Stacy Marks, English painter<ref name="auto"/> *Gerald Moore, English classical pianist<ref name="auto"/>
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Category:Streets in the City of Westminster Category:St John's Wood