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London Streets and Squares: Portman

Montague of Blue Stocking fame, who, on becoming a widow, took up her residence in Portman Square close by. Orchard Street was designated in allusion to Orchard-Portman, one of the seats of the Portmans, in Somersetshire. Portman Square, Portman Street, Berkeley Place, Upper Berkeley Street, Lower Berkeley Street, Lower Be Bryanstone Square, Bryanstone Street, Wyndham Place, Wyndham Street, Blandford Square, Blandford Street, Dorset Square, and Dorset Street, all have reference to the titles and estate of the sole landlord of this neighbourhood, viz., Edward Berkeley Portman, Viscount Portman of Bryanstone, near Blandford, Dorsetshire, many years M.P. for Dorset, and some time M.P. for Marylebone. Baker Street received its name in compliment to Sir Edward Baker of Ranston, a London Streets and Squares. valued neighbour of the Portmans in Dorsetshire.