St George Hanover Square
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- For the constituency, see Westminster St George's (UK Parliament constituency).
St George Hanover Square is an Anglican church in what now the City of Westminster, built in the early 18th century. The church was designed by John James and was constructed under a project to build 50 new churches around London (the Queen Anne Churches). It is situated on Hanover Square, near Oxford Circus. Due to its Mayfair location it has been a frequent venue of high society weddings.
St George's was also the name of its parish, which covered Mayfair, Belgravia, and Pimlico. The parish was formed in 1724 from part of the ancient parish of St Martin in the Fields. Originally in Middlesex, but within the Liberty of Westminster, the parish was included in the area of the Metropolitan Board of Works in 1855, and the County of London in 1889. The vestry administered local government in the area until the civil parish of St George Hanover Square became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Westminster in 1899. Its burial ground was located off between Connaught Street and Bayswater Road.
The parish formed the parliamentary borough of St George Hanover Square from 1885 to 1918.
The ecclesiastical parish still exists today, and forms part of the Deanery of Westminster St. Margaret in the Diocese of London.
