Lyford Cay
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Lyford Cay is a private gated community located on the western tip of New Providence Island in The Bahamas. The former cay that lent its name to the community is named after Captain William Lyford Jr., a mariner of note in Colonial and Revolutionary times, and is built on a 448-acre grant he received for his services as a Loyalist in the American Revolution. Captain Lyford also received a 92-acre grant on Cat Island, Bahamas for playing a key role in Andrew Deveaux’s raid of mid-April 1783 that drove the Spanish from Nassau.
Cay
Lyford Cay, also called Simms Cay, was a cay a few hundred metres off the north west coast of New Providence Island, 1.4 km long east-west, and up to 200 metres wide. On the map in the 1901 Edward Stanford Atlas it is noted: The Isthmus at Lyford Cay has grown since 1830, when boats could pass at H.W.. It is now 10 fṭ high & covered with bushes.[1]
Character
Considered one of the world's wealthiest and most exclusive neighborhoods, the Lyford Cay Club was built during the latter part of the 1950s[2] by prominent Canadian businessman Edward Plunkett Taylor, who bought the land in 1954 from Bahamian developer Sir Harold Christie.[3][4][5] In December 1962, U.S. President John F. Kennedy stayed at E. P. Taylor's home in Lyford Cay while he held talks with British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan.[6][7] There are about 450 homes and only 1,300 members.[8]
Notable residents
- The Bacardi family[9]
- Louis Bacon, U.S. hedge fund manager[10]
- Nicholas F. Brady, the former U.S. Secretary of Treasury
- Goulandris, Greek shipowner
- Stolt-Nielsen, owners of transportation corporation
- The German-Dutch Brenninkmeijer family[9]
- Corey Hart, Canadian singer and songwriter
- R. Couri Hay, a Couristan carpet heir and the society editor of Palm Beach magazine and Hamptons magazine[9]
- Heidi Horten, Austrian businesswoman[citation needed]
- Viktor Kozeny, Czech fugitive financier[11]
- Joseph Lewis, British businessman[12][13][14]
- George P. Livanos, Greek shipping tycoon[citation needed]
- Sean Mulryan, Irish property developer[citation needed]
- Sir Tony O'Reilly, Irish media tycoon[15] and his wife Chryss Goulandris, Lady O'Reilly, a horse breeder and shipping heiress[citation needed]
Former residents
- Sean Connery, Scottish actor[16][17][18]
- Henry Ford II, son of Edsel Ford, grandson of Henry Ford, former president of the Ford Motor Company[9]
- H.H Prince Azamat Guirey, of the ruling family of Crimea[19]
- George Huntington Hartford II, American businessman, heir to the A&P supermarket fortune
- Aga Khan IV, leader of the Ismaili Muslim grouping[9]
- Charles Lazarus, founder of Toys "R" Us, a toy retailer
- Robert Mosbacher, American oilman, Secretary of Commerce, yachtsman, and his wife Michele (Mica) Mosbacher[20]
- Stavros Niarchos, Greek shipping magnate[9]
- Peter Nygård, Finnish-Canadian former fashion executive[9]
- Vincent O'Brien, Irish race horse trainer
- Rainier III, Prince of Monaco
- Edward Samuel Rogers, CEO of Rogers Communications Inc.
- Tony Ryan, Irish aviation tycoon
- Sir John Templeton, American-born British investor and philanthropist[21]
References
- ^ Edward Stanford 1901 atlas page: Bahamas, with New Providence Island inset
- ^ "Carib Song - TIME". Time. February 1, 1963.
- ^ "Treasure Islands - TIME". Time. April 20, 1959.
- ^ "Crowds in the Sun - TIME". Time. January 19, 1962.
- ^ "The Man with Many Eyes - TIME". Time. February 8, 1963.
- ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=t3YyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=u-kFAAAAIBAJ&pg=894,941320&dq=lyford-cay+taylor&hl=en
- ^ Reading Eagle - Google News Archive Search
- ^ Lyford Cay in the Bahamas Offers a Clubby—And Unflashy—Vibe
- ^ a b c d e f g Monique P. Yazigi (May 25, 2000). "Storming the Last Civilized Sandbox". The New York Times.
- ^ Konigsberg, Eric (August 15, 2019). "The Billionaire Battle in the Bahamas". Vanity Fair.
- ^ "Lyford Cay resident Kozeny indicted for fraud". The Nassau Guardian. Archived from the original on 2006-12-19. Retrieved 2008-02-22.
- ^ "Souvenir King becomes Britain's Newest Millionaire". Independent. 13 April 1996.
- ^ Mitchell, Kevin (26 August 2007). "Jol bruised by boardroom blunders". Guardian. London.
- ^ "Money". Telegraph. London.
- ^ "Media Top 100 2004". Guardian. London. 12 July 2004.
- ^ Ferguson, Euan (October 3, 2004). "Scotch myth". The Guardian. London.
- ^ Shapiro, T. Rees (31 October 2020). "Sean Connery, first James Bond of film, dies at 90". The Washington Post. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
- ^ "News - Telegraph". The Daily Telegraph. London.
- ^ "Paid Notice: Deaths GUIREY, H. H. PRINCE AZAMAT". Aug 14, 2001. Retrieved Aug 8, 2020 – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ Mica Mosbacher
- ^ McFadden, Robert D. (July 9, 2008). "John Templeton, Investor, Dies at 95 - Obituary (Obit)". The New York Times.]
External links
Media related to Lyford Cay at Wikimedia Commons