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 known for being a former residence and the death place of Sir Winston Churchill.
The numbering system was changed in 1884, e.g. Number 11 became 20.[citation needed]
Notable residents
[edit]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
- 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]
- Donatella Flick, socialite, lived there in the 1990s
- The Marquess of Bath acquired the property in 2023[5]
Number 29
- Sir Roderick Jones, director of Reuters, and Enid Bagnold, novelist and playwright
Number 34
Number 38
Number 45 (Stoke Lodge)
- Residence of the High Commissioners of Australia, since 1950.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ 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
- ^ Coke, Hope. "Marquess and Marchioness of Bath snap up Sir Winston Churchill's last London home for £18.5 million". Tatler. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "New Residence For Minister". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 14 December 1950. p. 4. Retrieved 4 March 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
Bibliography
[edit]- 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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