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St James's Place is a street in the St James's district of London near Green Park. It was first developed around 1694, the historian John Strype describing it in 1720 as a "good Street ... which receiveth a fresh Air out of the Park; the Houses are well-built, and inhabited by Gentry ..."
* Joseph Addison (1672–1719), the author and politician who founded '' The Spectator'', lived here in 1710.
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St James's Place is a street in the St James's district of London near Green Park. It was first developed around 1694, the historian John Strype describing it in 1720 as a "good Street ... which receiveth a fresh Air out of the Park; the Houses are well-built, and inhabited by Gentry ..." Henry Benjamin Wheatley
Henry Benjamin Wheatley FSA (1838–30 April 1917) was a British author, editor, and indexer. His '' London Past and Present'' was described as his most important work and "the standard dictionary of London".
Life
He was a posthumous son of ...
wrote in 1870 that it was "one of the oddest built streets in London."
Spencer House, which was commissioned by the 1st Earl Spencer in 1756, stands at number 27 and is now listed as Grade I. A further thirteen properties are Grade II listed; Number 4 is Grade II* listed.
Notable residents
* Joseph Addison (1672–1719), the author and politician who founded '' The Spectator'', lived here in 1710.
* Eustace Budgell
Eustace Budgell (19 August 1686 – 4 May 1737) was an English writer and politician.
Life and Death
Born in St Thomas near Exeter, he was the son of Gilbert Budgell, D.D. by his first wife Mary, only daughter of Bishop William Gulston of Bris ...
(1686–1737), English writer and politician.
* Sir Francis Burdett (1770–1844), the reforming politician known as "Old Glory", lived at number 25 from 1820 to 1844.
* Sir Francis Chichester
Sir Francis Charles Chichester KBE (17 September 1901 – 26 August 1972) was a British businessman, pioneering aviator and solo sailor.
He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for becoming the first person to sail single-handed around the wor ...
(1901–1972), pioneer aviator, sailor and author lived at number 9 from 1944 to 1972.
* Lord Randolph Henry Spencer-Churchill (1849–1895), British statesman, lived at number 29 from April 1880 to late 1882.
* James Craggs the Younger
James Craggs the Younger (9 April 168616 February 1721), was an English politician.
Life
Craggs was born at Westminster, the son of James Craggs the Elder. Part of his early life was spent abroad, where he made the acquaintance of George Lo ...
(1686–1721), English politician.
* Mary Delany
Mary Delany ( Granville; 14 May 1700 – 15 April 1788) was an English artist, letter-writer, and bluestocking, known for her "paper-mosaicks" and botanic drawing, needlework and her lively correspondence.
Early life
Mary Delany was born at C ...
(1700–1788), English artist and writer.
* Captain Basil Hall (1788–1844), Scottish traveller and author lived at number 4.
* Cornelius Hatfield, Jr.
Cornelius Hatfield, Jr. (1755 – 13 August 1823) was a Loyalist spy, guide, intelligence gatherer, and raider in the American Revolution. Hatfield was commissioned a captain and leader of an independent company of Refugee partisans in February 1 ...
(1755–1823), American Revolutionary War Loyalist partisan captain from Elizabeth, New Jersey.
* John Hick (1815–1894), English industrialist, art collector and Conservative Party politician lived at number 4.
* Henry Grattan (1746–1820), Irish politician.
* White Kennett (1660–1728), Bishop of Peterborough.
* John Lubbock (1803–1865), English banker and scientist.
* Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh (1818–1887), British statesman lived at number 30.
* Richard Rigby (1722-1788), English civil servant and politician.
* Samuel Rogers (1763–1855), 19th-century English poet.
* Oscar Wilde
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 185430 November 1900) was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular playwrights in London in the early 1890s. He is ...
(1854-1900) Irish playwright, novelist, essayist, and poet rented rooms at 10-11 for five months in 1893–1894.
* John Wilkes (1725–1797), English journalist and politician, lived there in 1756.
Gallery
Blue Plaque
A blue plaque is a permanent sign installed in a public place in the United Kingdom and elsewhere to commemorate a link between that location and a famous person, event, or former building on the site, serving as a historical marker. The term i ...
at 4 St James's Place
File:Francis Chichester Map and Guide publishing house - geograph.org.uk - 1376279.jpg, Francis Chichester Map and Guide publishing house at 9 St James's Place
File:II St. James's Place, London, UK (2).jpg, 10-11 St James's Place
File:26 St James's Place, London SW1A - geograph.org.uk - 1109605.jpg, 26 St James's Place
26 St James's Place is a grade II* listed block of flats in St James's Place, St James's, London W1.
The block of eight flats was built in 1959–60, and designed by Denys Lasdun and Partners, with Alexander Redhouse as the partner in charge, an ...
See also
*The Stafford
The Stafford is a five star hotel in St James's Place in London, England. Built in the 17th century CE, its wine cellars may be the oldest in London. Previously used as private residences, the buildings were opened as a hotel in 1912. Allied sold ...
* St James's Street
St James's Street is the principal street in the district of St James's, central London. It runs from Piccadilly downhill to St James's Palace and Pall Mall. The main gatehouse of the Palace is at the southern end of the road; in the 17th centur ...
* St James's Church, Piccadilly
* St. James's Park
St James's Park is a park in the City of Westminster, central London. It is at the southernmost tip of the St James's area, which was named after a leper hospital dedicated to St James the Less. It is the most easterly of a near-continuous ch ...
* St. James's Square
St James's Square is the only square in the St James's district of the City of Westminster and is a garden square. It has predominantly Georgian and Neo-Georgian architecture. For its first two hundred or so years it was one of the three or fo ...
References
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* {{Coord, 51, 30, 20.61, N, 0, 8, 22.78, W, scale:1563_region:GB, display=title Streets in the City of Westminster St James's Odonyms referring to religion