Greenwich

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Famous residents

(in alphabetical order)

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• Astronomer Royal Sir George Airy lived in the White House, Croom's Hill
• Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, statesman and man of letters, lived in the Ranger's House, Chesterfield Walk, SE10.
• Dr Samuel Johnson, compiler of the first English dictionary, lived in Greenwich Church Street when he first came to London in 1736
• comedian Dan Leno rented accommodation at the Spreadeagle Tavern, Stockwell Street in 1902
• Poet Cecil Day-Lewis lived at 6 Croom's Hill
• Architect Samuel Sanders Teulon was born in Greenwich.
• Artist Sir James Thornhill was said to have lived in Park Hall on Croom's Hill (originally designed for architect John James who never actually occupied the house).
• Interior designer and television presenter Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen lives in the Borough and often appears in support of local activities.
• Architect Sir John Vanbrugh lived at 121 Maze Hill in a house of his own design overlooking Greenwich Park
• Benjamin Waugh, founder of the UK charity the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children lived in Croom's Hill.
• General James Wolfe lived in McCartney House in Croom's Hill, and was buried in St Alfege's Church