Park Street is a street in

Mayfair Mayfair is an area of Westminster, London, England, in the City of Westminster. It is in Central London and part of the West End. It is between Oxford Street, Regent Street, Piccadilly and Park Lane and one of the most expensive districts ...

, London, England. It is the longest street on the Grosvenor Estate. It is a one-way street running south to north from a t-junction with South Street to a crossroads with

Oxford Street Oxford Street is a major road in the City of Westminster in the West End of London, running between Marble Arch and Tottenham Court Road via Oxford Circus. It marks the notional boundary between the areas of Fitzrovia and Marylebone to t ...

, where it continues north as Portman Street. It was formerly known as Hyde Park Street. House building on the street began in the late 1720s, and was completed in the late 1770s, and the only surviving original properties are nos 70 to 78.

Notable residents

* 58 Sir Rufane Donkin, from 1827 * 64 Richard Teage, from 1729 ** Stanley Cousins, 1926-28 ** John Dewar, 2nd Baron Forteviot, 1928-36 * 91

Kenneth Mackay, 2nd Earl of Inchcape Kenneth Mackay, 2nd Earl of Inchcape (25 December 1887 – 21 June 1939) was a barrister, a businessman and an earl in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. He became Earl of Inchcape on 23 May 1932 after the death of his father, James Mackay, 1s ...

, 1936–39 * 93 Sir Louis Baron, 1st Baronet, 1931–34 * 101

Robin Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 8th Marquess of Londonderry Edward Charles Stewart Robert Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 8th Marquess of Londonderry, (18 November 1902 – 17 October 1955), styled Lord Stewart until 1915 and Viscount Castlereagh between 1915 and 1946, was a British peer and politician. Early ...

, 1934–41 * 103

Robert Vansittart, 1st Baron Vansittart Robert Gilbert Vansittart, 1st Baron Vansittart, (25 June 1881 – 14 February 1957), known as Sir Robert Vansittart between 1929 and 1941, was a senior British diplomat in the period before and during the Second World War. He was Principal Pr ...

, diplomat, 1925–31 * 103A Alan Burns, 4th Baron Inverclyde, 1930–33 * 108

Albertha Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough Albertha Frances Anne Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, VA (née Lady Albertha Frances Anne Hamilton; 29 July 1847 – 7 January 1932) was an English aristocrat. Early life She was born the sixth daughter and tenth child of James Ham ...

, ex-wife of George Spencer-Churchill, 8th Duke of Marlborough, 1903–32 * 110 Thomas Cundy III and his son, Thomas Elger Cundy, 1889–92 * 114 Dowager Lady Vernon, widow of 6th Baron Vernon, 1892–98 * 115:

James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn James Albert Edward Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn (30 November 1869 – 12 September 1953), styled Marquess of Hamilton between 1885 and 1913, was a British peer and Unionist politician. He was the first Governor of Northern Ireland, a post he ...

(1894–1922); Mary, Dowager Duchess of Abercorn (died 1929); Sir Patrick Hastings (until 1952) *unknown:

James Lind James Lind (4 October 1716 – 13 July 1794) was a Scottish physician. He was a pioneer of naval hygiene in the Royal Navy. By conducting one of the first ever clinical trials, he developed the theory that citrus fruits cured scurvy. Lind ...

*unknown:

Jean-André Deluc Jean-André Deluc or de Luc (8 February 1727 – 7 November 1817) was a geologist, natural philosopher and meteorologist from the Republic of Geneva. He also devised measuring instruments. Biography Jean-André Deluc was born in Geneva. His ...

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