Wilton Crescent and Wilton Place

Knightsbridge (SW1) Many distinguished persons have lived here. At Wilton Place: No. 15, Sir James Macdonald, the defender of Hougomont. At Wilton Crescent: No. 16, the Right Hon. James Lowther, M.P.; at No. 24, Henry Hallam; at No. 20, Sir George Wombwell, Bart.; at No. 37, Lord Chewton, who was killed at the Battle of the Alma. (Mayfair, G. E. Mitton, p. 62)