# Hamilton Terrace
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{{Short description|Street in St John's Wood, London}}
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thumb|A view looking along Hamilton Terrace in 2007
'''Hamilton Terrace''' is a wide, tree-lined residential thoroughfare in [St John's Wood](/source/St_John's_Wood), London, England. It runs north to south from Carlton Hill to [St. John's Wood Road](/source/St._John's_Wood_Road), and is parallel to [Maida Vale](/source/Maida_Vale) to the west.
The street was named after Charles Hamilton, a Harrow School governor.[{{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}}]
The street is home to a variety of grand detached and semi-detached houses and mansion blocks.[{{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}}] The listed Anglican church [St Mark's, Hamilton Terrace](/source/St_Mark's%2C_Hamilton_Terrace) is located at the intersection of [Abercorn Place](/source/Abercorn_Place) and Hamilton Terrace.[{{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}}]
==Notable residents==
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*No.3 [Michael Ayrton](/source/Michael_Ayrton), English artist, lived at No. 3[{{Cite web|url=http://www.londonremembers.com/subjects/michael-ayrton/|title=Michael Ayrton|website=London Remembers}}]
*No.8 [Norman Kerr](/source/Norman_Kerr), physician remembered for his work in the British temperance movement, lived at No. 8 (formerly No. 1)
*No.10 [Henry Barnett](/source/Henry_Barnett_(banker)), banker and politician, lived at No. 10. Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor and musicologist, lived at No. 10.
*No.14 [Philip Jones](/source/Philip_Jones_(musician)), English jazz trumpeter, lived at No. 14[{{Cite web|url=https://www.stjohnswoodmemories.org.uk/content/arts/music-musicians/philip_jones_cbe_1928_-_2000|title=Philip Jones CBE 1928 - 2000}}]
*No.17 Sir [Joseph Bazalgette](/source/Joseph_Bazalgette), English civil engineer, designer of the [Victoria Embankment](/source/Victoria_Embankment), lived at No. 17[{{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}}]
*No.20 Sir [George Alexander Macfarren](/source/George_Alexander_Macfarren), English composer, and [Natalia Macfarren](/source/Natalia_Macfarren) lived at No. 20{{Citation needed|reason=Link broken and not an English Heritage plaque|date=March 2021}}
*No.20 [William McMillan](/source/William_McMillan_(sculptor)), Scottish sculptor, lived at No. 20{{Citation needed|reason=Link broken and not an English Heritage plaque|date=March 2021}}
*No.20 [William Strang](/source/William_Strang), Scottish artist, lived at No. 20[{{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}}]
*No.29 [Nicholas Trübner](/source/Nicholas_Tr%C3%BCbner), publisher, bookseller and linguist, lived at No. 29
*No.29 [Joseph Octave Delepierre](/source/Joseph_Octave_Delepierre), Belgian lawyer, archivist, diplomat, author and antiquary, died at No.29.
*No.37 [John Minton](/source/John_Minton_(artist)), and [Keith Vaughan](/source/Keith_Vaughan), English artists, shared a flat at No. 37[{{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}}]
*No.40 [Honor Blackman](/source/Honor_Blackman), English actress[{{Cite web|url=https://www.stjohnswoodmemories.org.uk/content/arts/music-musicians/40_hamilton_terrace_originally_17|title=40 Hamilton Terrace, originally 17}}]
*No.63 Sir [Arthur Wing Pinero](/source/Arthur_Wing_Pinero), English dramatist, actor and theatre manager, lived at No. 63[{{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}}]
*No.65 [Alan Wheatley](/source/Alan_Wheatley), English actor, lived at No. 65
*No.70 [Thomas Hardy](/source/Thomas_Hardy), English novelist, author of ''[Far from the Madding Crowd](/source/Far_from_the_Madding_Crowd)'', rented No.70, in 1893[{{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}} ]
*No.85 [Jonathan Sacks](/source/Jonathan_Sacks), English rabbi, Chief Rabbi in Britain from 1991 to 2013, philosopher, theologian, and author, lived at No. 85
*No.93 [Gerald Finzi](/source/Gerald_Finzi), English composer, was born at No. 93[{{Cite web|url=https://www.londonremembers.com/memorials/gerald-finzi/|title=Gerald Finzi|website=London Remembers}}]
*No.98 [Brian Johnston](/source/Brian_Johnston), English cricket commentator and journalist, lived at No. 98[{{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}}]
*No 100 [Henry Barnett](/source/Henry_Barnett_(banker)), banker and politician, was the original owner. [Robbie Williams](/source/Robbie_Williams) temporarily rented it before the debut of his 2019 Christmas album song, "Idlewild".[{{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}}][{{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](/source/The_Times)|date=2020-01-23|access-date=2021-03-06}}]
*No.103 [Joseph Hertz](/source/Joseph_Hertz), Hungarian rabbi, Chief Rabbi in Britain from 1913 to 1946, lived at No. 103[{{Cite web|url=https://www.londonremembers.com/memorials/rabbi-hertz/|title=Rabbi Hertz|website=London Remembers}}]
*No.135 [Audrey Fildes](/source/Audrey_Fildes), English actress, lived at No. 135
*[Henry Stacy Marks](/source/Henry_Stacy_Marks), English painter