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Lower Belgrave Street is a street in London's
Lower Belgrave Street is a street in London's Belgravia
Belgravia () is a Districts of London, district in Central London, covering parts of the areas of both the City of Westminster and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
Belgravia was known as the 'Five Fields' Tudor Period, during the ...
district.
It runs north-west to south-east and begins as a continuation of Upper Belgrave Street
Upper may refer to:
* Shoe upper or ''vamp'', the part of a shoe on the top of the foot
* Stimulant, drugs which induce temporary improvements in either mental or physical function or both
* ''Upper'', the original film title for the 2013 found f ...
where it meets Eaton Square
Eaton Square is a rectangular, residential garden square in London's Belgravia district. It is the largest square in London. It is one of the three squares built by the landowning Grosvenor family when they developed the main part of Belgravia ...
. It crosses one through-street, Ebury Street
Ebury Street () is a street in Belgravia, City of Westminster, London. It runs from a Grosvenor Gardens junction south-westwards to Pimlico Road. It was built mostly in the period 1815 to 1860.
Odd numbers 19 to 231 are on the south-east side; ...
, and ends in a t-junction facing Victoria station's west front at Buckingham Palace Road
Buckingham Palace Road is a street that runs through Victoria, London, from the south side of Buckingham Palace towards Chelsea, forming the A3214 road. It is dominated by Victoria Station.
History
In the 18th century, the road was known as ...
.
Among the notable buildings are a mid-19th-century (initial category, Grade II-listed
Listed may refer to:
* Listed, Bornholm, a fishing village on the Danish island of Bornholm
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* Endangered species in biology
* Listed building, in architecture, designation of a historicall ...
) Plumbers Arms at no 14. Another is a small primary school.
Notable residents
* Sir Francis Taylor Piggott (1852–1925), jurist and author, born at no 31 *Inez Holden
Beatrice Inez Lisette (Paget) Holden (21 November 1903 – 30 May 1974) was a British writer and Bohemian social figure and journalist, also known for her association with George Orwell. Born at Wellesbourne, Warwickshire to Wilfred Millington ...
(1903–1974), writer and Bohemian social figure and journalist, lived until her death at no 47A
*John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan
Richard John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan (born 18 December 1934 – disappeared 8 November 1974, declared dead 3 February 2016), commonly known as Lord Lucan, was a British peer who disappeared after being suspected of murder. He was an Anglo- ...
and his estranged family lived at no 46. He had his permanent home at Elizabeth Street instead when he on 7 November 1974, according to his wife he returned, causing her wounds and to flee to the local pub and gave police evidence he must have been the culprit of the bludgeoning to death of their children's nanny in her basement. He was presumed dead in 1999 for probate purposes and in 2016 absolutely after his immediate disappearance.
*Hope Portocarrero
Hope Portocarrero, also known as Madame Somoza and Hope Somoza Baldocchi later in life, (June 28, 1929 – 5 October 1991) was the wife of dictator and president of Nicaragua Anastasio Somoza Debayle and, beginning in 1967, First Lady of Nicaragua ...
, the Nicaraguan dictator's wife, lived at number 35.
References
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