Here lived James Maury 1746-1840 first United States Consul in Liverpool

According to the Gores 1827 edition; "AMERICAN CONSUL, James Maury, Esq. 44, Rodney street". However, the building is now part of Liverpool John Moores University and they state it as being numbers 4-6 http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/PRS/59059.htm