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Encyclopedia > Hyde Park Gate

Hyde Park Gate is an address in London, England, which applies to two parallel roads in Kensington on the southern boundary of Kensington Gardens. It is probably most famous for being the death place of Sir Winston Churchill. It is in a picturesque part of London and a very expensive place to live. This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Kensington (disambiguation). ... See also Kensington Gardens, South Australia, a suburb of Adelaide, Australia Kensington Gardens, once the private gardens of Kensington Palace, is one of the Royal Parks of London, lying immediately to the west of Hyde Park. ... Churchill redirects here. ...


Famous residents

Number 9

  • Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, founder of the scouting movement

Number 17 Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell OM, GCMG, GCVO, KCB (22 February 1857 – 8 January 1941), also known as B-P, was a lieutenant-general in the British Army, writer, and founder of the Scout Movement. ...

Number 22 Victoria Claflin Woodhull (1838-1927) was a feminist reformer, some say clairvoyant, stock broker, sex symbol and free love advocate of the 19th century. ...

Number 28 Vanessa Bell Vanessa Bell (May 28, 1879 – April 7, 1961), was an English painter and interior designer and a member of the Bloomsbury group. ... For the American writer, see Virginia Euwer Wolff. ... Sir Leslie Stephen (November 28, 1832 – February 22, 1904) was an English author and critic, the father of two famous daughters, Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell. ...

Number 29 Churchill redirects here. ...

Enid Bagnold, Lady Jones (October 27, 1889 – March 31, 1981) was a British author and playwright, best known for the 1935 story National Velvet, filmed in 1944 with Elizabeth Taylor. ...

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The Survey of London is an ongoing project to produce a very thorough historical and architectural survey of the former County of London. ...


 

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