Bruton Street
Bruton Street is a street in London's Mayfair district. Queen Elizabeth II was born there, and the fashion designer Norman Hartnell lived there for 44 years.
It runs from Berkeley Square in the south-west to New Bond Street in the north-east, where it continues as Conduit Street.
Notable residents have included Field Marshal John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, and Richard Brinsley Sheridan.[1]
On 21 April 1926, Queen Elizabeth II was born at No. 17, the London home of her maternal grandfather, the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne.[2] The house was commonly thought to have been damaged in the Blitz and demolished in the aftermath,[2] but archival documents at the British Library prove that the house had been demolished by property developers between 1937 and 1939, before the start of the war.[3]
The fashion designer Norman Hartnell lived and worked at No. 26 from 1935 until his death in 1979.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Walford, Edward (1878). "Berkeley Square and its neighbourhood". Old and New London, Volume 4: Westminster and the Western Suburbs. Cassell & Company. pp. 326–327.
- ^ a b Timms, Elizabeth Jane (21 April 2021). "The Queen's London Birthplace: 17 Bruton Street". Royal Central. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ Coughlan, Sean (29 December 2021). "The mystery of the home where the Queen was born". BBC News. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ English Heritage (2005). Sir Norman Hartnell (Blue plaque).
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External links
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