3-082-598 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The London Season: St. George's, Hanover Square, 1895. 'This title means only one thing to the fair sex, and that will soon be daily exemplified after Lent. Marriages in high life are not now so uniformly celebrated in the well-known edifice of which we give an Illustration as they were in the days of Thackeray, but still the carriage of many a bride stops the way at this corner of Hanover Square, which few young ladies can pass without a fluttering sense of interest. London smoke has not added to the beauty of St. George's Church outside, nor is its architecture supremely beautiful. It was designed by John James, and was commenced in 1713, and dedicated to St. George in compliment to the King...On the marriage register for this church there have been inscribed many names celebrated in the history of London society. Here was married the Duchess of Kingston, in 1769, falsely describing herself as a spinster, when her first husband, Mr. Hervey, was still living...The square itself has many memories of the past. The famous Hanover Square Rooms were, until 1875, favourites with lovers of chamber music; the son of Sebastian Bach gave a series of concerts here, and many musicians of note played or sang in what was an extremely pleasant hall'. From "Illustrated London News", 1895.