The Oriental club and Hanover Square . ntain thesame story, that in former days the house was occupied by aphysician, and that King George III. used to visit him enough, there is some foundation for the legend. In the early part of the last century the tenant of thisvery house was Sir William Knighton, a physician, andPrivate Secretary to King George IV., a man of unquestionabletalents, and in every sense of the word an accomplished giving his characteristics I have adopted the words of anobituary written very shortly after his death in 1836. In connecting Sir Willi
The Oriental club and Hanover Square . ntain thesame story, that in former days the house was occupied by aphysician, and that King George III. used to visit him enough, there is some foundation for the legend. In the early part of the last century the tenant of thisvery house was Sir William Knighton, a physician, andPrivate Secretary to King George IV., a man of unquestionabletalents, and in every sense of the word an accomplished giving his characteristics I have adopted the words of anobituary written very shortly after his death in 1836. In connecting Sir William with No. 3 Tenterden Street, Ido not wish to imply that he was in any way interested inthe abduction of Miss Hannah Lightfoot, for that eventoccurred before his birth; but the fact that the Prince Eegentappointed him physician to his father during the Kingsillness lends some countenance to the story of the royal visits,and the more so because Sir William had neither the emi-nence nor celebrity in his profession to entitle him to so. . 4 Ah. 3 (^RuYAL Academy ui- Mf>ir) TENTERDEN STREET. HANOVER SQUARE Our Square 33 distinguished a position. He was originally an apothecaryat Tavistock, but soon removed to London, and practised inthis house in Tenterden Street as an accoucheur, and it wasin this branch of surgery that he gained some notoriety andwas presented with the residence fully furnished in acknow-ledgment of the services that he rendered in a delicate a later period he was created a baronet, and received1,000Z. per annum for his professional attendance on KingGeorge III. No. 4 Tenterden Street was an object of attack by theexcited populace in the No Popery Riots. Lord GeorgeGordon was tried for high treason as being the leader of thatmovement, but it is only fair to say that he was acquitted. The disturbance was, however, very serious ; the loss ofproperty was enormous ; and some 500 people were killed,wounded, or executed. The individual residing in the
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