Holles Street, London, House Where Lord Byron Was Born

Holles Street is a street in Marylebone, central London that runs from the south side of Cavendish Square to Oxford Street. The street was laid out around 1729 and named after John Holles, first Duke of Newcastle, who purchased the Manor of Marylebone in 1710. Lord Byron was born at 24 Holles Street, which was the first location to receive a blue plaque. The blue plaque scheme was a movement conceptualized in the 1860s to install historical markers to commemorate a link between famous people or events and a particular location.

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