Cavendish Square

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For the square of this name in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, see Cavendish Square, St. John's, and for that in Claremont, Cape Town in South Africa, see Cavendish Square, Cape Town.

Cavendish Square is a square near the squares of the Portman Estate in London. It is in the postal district of W1H, at the eastern end of Wigmore Street, which connects it to Portman Square to its west.

It was first laid out for the 2nd Earl of Oxford by John Prince, beginning in 1717 as the first development on the Earl's London estate. It was named after the Earl's wife Henrietta Cavendish-Hollace, but the bursting of the South Sea Bubble delayed further work. It included various nobles' London residences, including the Duke of Portland, the Duke of Chandos (though his house on the square was never completed), Princess Amelia Sophia (in which house she died), and the Lane Baronets.

Near to Harley Street, it is also noted as a site for medical practices such as those of James Paget. The artist Robert William Sievier lived on the square, and David Williams ran a chapel there. The West London Synagogue is also sited there.