Bedford Square (No. 47). No. 1 Sir Lyonel Lyde Bt., first occupier of the building for ten years until his death in 1791 No. 4 Paul Weidlinger, structural engineer No. 6 Lord Eldon, Lord Chancellor No. 8 Frederick Warne & Norman Warne, publishers, of Frederick Warne & Co., who published the Beatrix Potter books No. 10 Samuel Lyde (brother of Sir Lyonel at No. 1) Charles Gilpin, MP No. 11 Henry Cavendish, scientist No. 13 Harry Ricardo, engine designer, born at the house No. 19 New College of the Humanities, higher education institution founded by A.C. Grayling - 2012 to 2021 No. 22 Johnston Forbes-Robertson, actor No. 26 National Council for Voluntary Organisations, 1928 – 1992 No. 30 Jonathan Cape, publishing company No. 35 Thomas Hodgkin, physician, reformer and philanthropist No. 35 Thomas Wakley, founder of The Lancet No. 36 Thomas Wilkinson King, pathologist No. 41 William Butterfield, architect Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, novelist No. 44 Ottoline Morrell, socialite Margot Asquith, wife of the Prime Minister H. H. Asquith No. 48 Elizabeth Jesser Reid, anti-slavery activist and founder of Bedford College for Women No. 49 Francis Walker, entomologist; before that Ram Mohan Roy, Indian scholar and reformer No. 52 Used as the contestants' house in the 2010 series of The Apprentice No. 53 Haydn Brown, surgeon and psychotherapist See also Other squares on the Bedford Estate in Bloomsbury included: Bloomsbury Square Gordon Square Russell Square Tavistock Square Torrington Square Woburn Square List of eponymous roads in London References External links Bedford Square, discussed in Survey of London, Riley & Gomme, 1914 Blue plaques A number of houses have blue plaques recording famous residents: Plaquemap.com London blue plaque scheme — For exact location of these plaques within the square. Squares in the London Borough of Camden Grade I listed buildings in the London Borough of Camden Grade I listed residential buildings Georgian architecture in the London Borough of Camden Residential buildings completed in 1783 Bloomsbury Bedford Estate Grade II* listed parks and gardens in London Garden squares in London Communal gardens