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Lexham Gardens is a street in South Kensington, London.
Although somewhat irregular in shape, the largest part of the street runs west to east from
Lexham Gardens is a street in South Kensington, London.
Although somewhat irregular in shape, the largest part of the street runs west to east from Earls Court Road
Earl's Court is a district of Kensington in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in West London, bordering the rail tracks of the West London line and District line that separate it from the ancient borough of Fulham to the west, the ...
to Cromwell Road.
The Embassy of Bosnia and Herzegovina, London is at 5–7.
Lexham Gardens figures in Part 6 of the BBC miniseries (1979) based on the novel '' Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy''.
Garden
Sir Cyril Taylor, the educator and social entrepreneur, purchased the freehold of a one-acre garden square, near to his London home in Lexham Gardens, by auction in 1989. With the assistance of designerWilf Simms Wilf is a masculine given name, most commonly a diminutive form of Wilfred or Wilfrid. It is also a nickname and a surname.
People
Given name
* Wilfred Arthur (1919–2000), Australian World War II fighter ace
* Wilf Barber (1901–1968), Englis ...
, he redesigned and replanted the garden, and saved it from the hands of property developers who wanted to build an underground car park underneath. In the garden's first summer of 1991, Lexham Gardens was awarded first prize in the All London Garden Squares Competition, competing against entries from 100 other squares.
Notable residents
Notable residents included the cricketerLearie Constantine
Learie Nicholas Constantine, Baron Constantine, (21 September 19011 July 1971) was a West Indian cricketer, lawyer and politician who served as Trinidad and Tobago's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and became the UK's first black pe ...
, at no 101.
Sir Alexander Carmichael Bruce, the second Assistant Commissioner "A" of the Metropolitan Police
The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), formerly and still commonly known as the Metropolitan Police (and informally as the Met Police, the Met, Scotland Yard, or the Yard), is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement and ...
, lived at no 82.
Sir Juland Danvers
Sir Juland Danvers, (19 March 1826 – 18 October 1902)"Danvers, Sir Juland" WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. December 01, 2007. Oxford University Press. was a British administrator in British India, who was for many years Director of Indian Railways.
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, administrator and civil servant in India, lived at no. 103 after his retirement.
The civil engineer Horace Bell
Horace Bell (December 11, 1830 – June 29, 1918), was active in the American era of 19th century California, especially in the Los Angeles region. He was a Los Angeles Ranger, filibuster, soldier, lawyer, journalist and newspaper publisher ...
lived and died at no 114.
Kenny Everett, the comedian, radio DJ and television entertainer lived at no 91 from 1981 to his death in 1995.
Derek Nimmo, character actor, producer and author lived in Lexham Gardens.
The actor Denholm Elliott was born at no. 48.
On 15 June 1952, Special Operations Executive (SOE) agent Christine Granville
Maria Krystyna Janina Skarbek, (, ; 1 May 1908 – 15 June 1952), also known as Christine Granville, was a Polish agent of the British Special Operations Executive (SOE) during the Second World War. She became celebrated for her daring exploi ...
was stabbed to death in the Shellbourne Hotel, 1 Lexham Gardens, by an "obsessed" Dennis George Muldowney, who was hanged on 30 September.
References
External links
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