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Beauchamp Place (pronounced "Beecham Place") is a fashionable shopping street in the
The Beauchamp Place Association
* Streets in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Houses in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Tudor England Seymour family Knightsbridge Shopping streets in London {{London-road-stub
Beauchamp Place (pronounced "Beecham Place") is a fashionable shopping street in the Knightsbridge
Knightsbridge is a residential and retail district in central London, south of Hyde Park. It is identified in the London Plan as one of two international retail centres in London, alongside the West End.
Toponymy
Knightsbridge is an ancien ...
district of London. It was known as Grove Place until 1885.
It was once better known for its brothels and lodging houses, but since the Edwardian era, antique shops and high end fashion boutiques have dominated the street.
Beauchamp Place was also a 16th-century mansion of the Seymour family
Seymour, Semel or St. Maur, is the name of an English family in which several titles of nobility have from time to time been created, and of which the Duke of Somerset is the head.
Origins
The family was settled in Monmouthshire in the 13th ce ...
, whose titles included Viscount Beauchamp. It belonged to Edward Seymour, Viscount Beauchamp
Edward Seymour, Lord Beauchamp of Hache (21 September 1561 – 21 July 1612) was an English nobleman who had a theoretically strong claim to the throne of England through his mother, Lady Katherine Grey, but his legitimacy was questioned. He was ...
, who became the Earl of Hertford
Earl () is a rank of the nobility in the United Kingdom. The title originates in the Old English word ''eorl'', meaning "a man of noble birth or rank". The word is cognate with the Scandinavian form ''jarl'', and meant "chieftain", particular ...
and was the son of a Lord Protector of England
Lord Protector (plural: ''Lords Protector'') was a title that has been used in British constitutional law for the head of state. It was also a particular title for the British heads of state in respect to the established church. It was sometimes ...
.Melissa Franklin Harkrider, ''Women, Reform and Community in Early Modern England'', p. 47
See also
* List of eponymous roads in LondonReferences
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The Beauchamp Place Association
* Streets in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Houses in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Tudor England Seymour family Knightsbridge Shopping streets in London {{London-road-stub