Historical births, marriages and deaths
Historical Births
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Lord Byron was christened in the church in 1788. The Byrons, who were of Norman stock, lived at that time in Holles Street, Cavendish Square.
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Lord Nelson’s association with St Marylebone is perhaps chiefly to be found in the fact that his daughter Horatia was christened in the church on 3 May 1803.
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The christening of Paul Dombey in Charles Dickens‘ ‘Dombey and Son’ is a description of the christening of Dickens’ own little boy in our church.
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The playwright William Wilkie Collins was born in New Cavendish Street, Marylebone and was baptised by the Reverend R H Chapman at the parish church on 18 February 1824.