Historical births, marriages and deaths

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.

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.

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.

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.