page_title: Golden Square
section_title: Famous Residents
hierarchical_section_title: Golden Square / Famous Residents
caption_attribution_description: Marquess of Pombal
context_page_description: Golden Square, in Soho, the City of Westminster, London, is a mainly hardscaped garden square planted with a few mature trees and raised borders in Central London flanked by classical office buildings. Its four approach ways are north and south but it is centred 125 metres east of Regent Street and double that NNE of Piccadilly Circus. A small block south is retail/leisure street Brewer Street. The square and its buildings have featured in many works of literature and host many media, advertising and public relations companies that characterise its neighbourhood within Soho.
context_section_description: Actress Frances Alsop moved to the square in 1803.
  Dancer Elizabeth Gamberini lived at №13 from 1753 to 1763.
  Singer Caterina Gabrielli lived at the square from 1775 to 1776.
  Artist Prince Hoare lived at №16 after 1781.
  Artist Angelica Kauffmann lived at №16 from 1767 to 1781. In 1768, she became one of two female founding members of the Royal Academy in London.
  Portuguese statesman the Marquess of Pombal lived at №24 from 1739 to 1744. 
  Singer Anastasia Robinson lived at №35 in 1710.
  Artist Martin Archer Shee lived at №13 from 1796 to 1798. Shee became president of the Royal Academy in 1830.
  Statesman Thomas Jefferson American statesman and president, stayed in Golden Square from March 12 to April 26, 1786 in his only visit to London.
caption: Marquess of Pombal (4624392095)
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