St Anne's Church serves in the Church of England the Soho section of London. It was consecrated on 21 March 1686 by Bishop Henry Compton as the parish church of the new civil and ecclesiastical parish of St Anne Within the Liberty of Westminster, created from part of the parish of St Martin in the Fields. The church is under the Deanery of Westminster in the Diocese of London.

Thomas Pitt, 2nd Baron Camelford was a British Royal Navy officer and peer best known for his participation in the Vancouver Expedition and the resulting feud with its leader, George Vancouver, during and after the expedition.