Editing Mayfair (section)

===Churches===
[[File:Saint George Church, Hanover Square.jpg|thumb|upright|[[St George's, Hanover Square]]|alt=Photograph of the front of St George's Hanover Square]]
[[St George's, Hanover Square]], constructed between 1721 and 1724 by [[John James (architect)|John James]], was one of 50 churches built following the [[Commission for Building Fifty New Churches]] Act in 1711. [[Emma, Lady Hamilton]], in 1791, poet [[Percy Bysshe Shelley]] in 1814, and Prime Ministers [[Benjamin Disraeli]] and [[H. H. Asquith]] in 1839 and 1894 respectively were all married in the church. The porch houses two cast-iron dogs rescued from a shop in Conduit Street that was bombed during the Blitz.{{sfn|Weinreb|Hibbert|Keay|Keay|2008|p=759}}

[[Grosvenor Chapel]] on [[South Audley Street]] was built by [[Benjamin Timbrell]] in 1730 for the Grosvenor Estate. It was used by American armed forces during the [[Second World War]]. The parents of [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington]], are buried in the churchyard.{{sfn|Weinreb|Hibbert|Keay|Keay|2008|p=358}}

The [[Mayfair Chapel]] on Curzon Street was a popular place for illegal marriages, including over 700 in 1742. [[James Hamilton, 6th Duke of Hamilton]], married [[Elizabeth Gunning, 1st Baroness Hamilton of Hameldon|Elizabeth Gunning]] here in 1752. The [[Marriage Act 1753]] stopped the practice of unlicensed marriages. The chapel was demolished in 1899.{{sfn|Weinreb|Hibbert|Keay|Keay|2008|p=228}}