Hyde Park Gate
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51°30′1.3″N 0°10′57.8″W / 51.500361°N 0.182722°W Hyde Park Gate is a street in Central London, England, which applies to two parallel roads in Kensington on the southern boundary of Kensington Gardens. These two roads run south, perpendicular to Kensington Road, but the name Hyde Park Gate also applies to the houses on the south side of that road between Queen's Gate and De Vere Gardens.[1] It is probably most famous for having a former residence and the death place of Sir Winston Churchill. It is in a picturesque part of London, and an expensive place to live[citation needed]. The numbering system was changed in 1884, e.g. Number 11 became 20[citation needed].
Famous residents
Number 6
- The Consular Section of the Embassy of Algeria[2]
Number 9
- Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, founder of the scouting movement
Number 14
- Margaret Kennedy, novelist
Number 16
Number 17
- Victoria Claflin Woodhull Martin, first woman to run for the US presidency
Number 18
- Sir Jacob Epstein, sculptor and painter
Number 19
- Arthur Stockdale Cope, artist member of the Royal Academy
Number 22
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- Vanessa Bell, painter
- Virginia Woolf, writer
- Sir Leslie Stephen, scholar and writer (previously at 20, born at 42)
- Julia Stephen, philanthropist, writer, artist's model
Number 24
- Nigel Lawson, Baron Lawson of Blaby, politician and Chancellor of The Exchequer (1983–1989)
- Nigella Lawson, food writer, journalist and broadcaster
Number 28
- Sir Winston Churchill, former prime minister, who died there.[4]
Number 29
- Sir Roderick Jones, director of Reuters, and Enid Bagnold, novelist and playwright
Number 34
Number 38
References
- ^ Sheppard 1975.
- ^ "The London Diplomatic List" (PDF). 14 December 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 December 2013.
- ^ "The London Diplomatic List" (PDF). 14 December 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 December 2013.
- ^ “CHURCHILL the right honourable sir Winston Leonard Spencer K.G, O.M, C.H.” in Probate Index for England and Wales, 1965, at probatesearch.service.gov.uk, accessed 15 April 2020
- ^ "The London Diplomatic List" (PDF). 14 December 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 December 2013.
- ^ "The London Diplomatic List" (PDF). 14 December 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 December 2013.
- ^ "Dutch sale of embassy near Hyde Park could fetch £150m". London Evening Standard.
Bibliography
- Sheppard, F H W, ed. (1975). "Survey of London, vol. 38 South Kensington Museums Area: Hyde Park Gate and Kensington Gate". British History Online. London: Institute of Historical Research. pp. 26–38. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
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