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Queen's Gate Terrace is a street in
Kensington Kensington is an area of London in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, around west of Central London. The district's commercial heart is Kensington High Street, running on an east–west axis. The north-east is taken up by Kensingt ...
, London, in the
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (often known by its initialism as RBKC) is an Inner London, Inner London borough with Royal borough, royal status. It is the List of English districts by area, smallest borough in London and the secon ...
, home to several embassies. The street runs west to east from Gloucester Road to
Queen's Gate Queen's Gate is a street in South Kensington, London, England. It runs south from Kensington Gardens' Queen's Gate (the edge of which gardens are here followed by Kensington Road) to Old Brompton Road, intersecting Cromwell Road. The street i ...
. C Aldin or William Harris were the architects for many of the houses. In 1886, the politician James Bailey purchased the South Kensington Hotel, in Queen's Gate Terrace. The Embassy of Estonia is at no 44. The UAE Embassy's Military Department is at no 6. The
Embassy of France The French Republic has one of the world's largest diplomatic networks, and is a member of more multilateral organisations than any other country. France's permanent representation abroad began in the reign of Francis I, when in 1522 he sent a d ...
's Paymaster & Financial Comptroller Section is at no 30.


Notable people

Leonard Shoobridge Leonard Knollys Haywood Shoobridge (20 October 1858 – 1 February 1935) was an English writer, archaeologist, poet and politician. He is best known as a contributor to ''The Book of Bodley Head Verse'' (edited by J. B. Priestley) and co-author ...
(1858-1935), writer, archaeologist, poet and politician, grew up at no 40.1871 census: The National Archives, Kew, London. RG 10/29, folio 61, page 4


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56–58 Queen's Gate Terrace 56–58 Queen's Gate Terrace is a pair of Grade II listed houses in Queen's Gate Terrace, Kensington Kensington is an area of London in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, around west of Central London. The district's commercia ...


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