Street in the City of Westminster, London, England
A sign for St James's Place along St James's Street St James's Place is a street in the St James's district of London near Green Park .[ 1] John Strype describing it in 1720 as a "good Street ... which receiveth a fresh Air out of the Park; the Houses are well-built, and inhabited by Gentry ..."[ 2] [ 3] Henry Benjamin Wheatley wrote in 1870 that it was "one of the oddest built streets in London."[ 3]
Spencer House , which was commissioned by the 1st Earl Spencer in 1756, stands at number 27 and is now listed as Grade I .[ 4] [ 5] [ 6]
Notable residents
No. 4 St James's Place, from where Frédéric Chopin left for the Guildhall on 16 November 1848 for his last public performance Joseph Addison (1672–1719), author and politician who founded The Spectator [ 3] Eustace Budgell (1686–1737), English writer and politician.[ 3] Sir Francis Burdett (1770–1844), reforming politician known as "Old Glory", lived at number 25 from 1820 to 1844.[ 7] Sir Francis Chichester (1901–1972), pioneer aviator, sailor and author, lived at number 9 from 1944 to 1972.[ 8] Lord Randolph Henry Spencer-Churchill (1849–1895), British statesman, lived at number 29 from April 1880 to late 1882.[ 9] James Craggs the Younger (1686–1721), English politician.[ 3] Mary Delany (1700–1788), English artist and writer.[ 3] Captain Basil Hall (1788–1844), Scottish traveller and author, lived at number 4.[ 3] Cornelius Hatfield, Jr. (1755–1823), American Revolutionary War Loyalist partisan captain from Elizabeth, New Jersey.[ 10] John Hick (1815–1894), English industrialist, art collector and Conservative Party politician, lived at number 4.[ 11] [ 12] Henry Grattan (1746–1820), Irish politician.[ 3] White Kennett (1660–1728), Bishop of Peterborough.[ 3] John Lubbock (1803–1865), English banker and scientist.[ 3] Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh (1818–1887), British statesman, lived at number 30.[citation needed Richard Rigby (1722–1788), English civil servant and politician.[ 3] Samuel Rogers (1763–1855), 19th-century English poet.[ 13] Oscar Wilde (1854–1900), Irish playwright, novelist, essayist, and poet, rented rooms at 10–11 for five months in 1893–1894.[citation needed John Wilkes (1725–1797), English journalist and politician, lived there in 1756.[ 3]
Gallery
See also
References
^ St James's Street , londontown.com, accessed 23 April 2012.^ Stow, John. "Southwark, and Parts Adjacent" , A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, Borough of Southwark and Parts Adjacent , p. 663.
Also see "St James's Park," The Parish of St. James Westminster . Part II: north of Piccadilly, Volumes 31–32 of Survey volumes, Athlone Press, University of London, 1963, p. 511ff. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Wheatley, Henry Benjamin (1870), Round about Piccadilly and Pall Mall 167– 169 ^ Ed Glinert (2004), "St. James's Place", The London Compendium , Penguin UK, ISBN 9780141012131 ^ Historic England . "SPENCER HOUSE (1264952)" . National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 24 April 2012 .^ "The National Heritage List for England (search term: st james's place sw1)" . English Heritage . Retrieved 24 April 2012 .^ "Burdett, Sir Francis" , The History of Parliament, accessed 24 April 2012.^ "Francis Chichester green plaque in London" . BluePlaquePlaces.co.uk . 17 September 1993. Retrieved 1 March 2017 .^ Buczacki, Stefan (2017). "Churchill Facts: Residences of Winston and Clementine Churchill" . The International Churchill Society. Retrieved 27 February 2017 . 29 St. James's Place (April 1880—late 1882). Leased by Lord Randolph Churchill. ^ "London, England, Land Tax Records, 1692–1932" . Ancestry .^ Royal Blue Book, Fashionable Directory and Parliamentary Guide . B. W. Gardiner, Princes Street, Cavendish Square. 1873. p. 744.^ List of Members of the Institution of Civil Engineers {{cite book }}: CS1 maint: location (link )^ Richard Ellis Roberts (1910), "St. James's Place", Samuel Rogers and his circle , Dutton, p. 48
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