Europe, British Isles, England, London, Westminster, St James'
St James' is in Westminster [Map].
Evelyn's Diary. 07 Sep 1665. Came home, there perishing near 10,000 poor creatures weekly; however, I went all along the city and suburbs from Kent Street to St James', a dismal passage, and dangerous to see so many coffins exposed in the streets, now thin of people; the shops shut up, and all in mournful silence, not knowing whose turn might be next. I went to the Duke of Albemarle (age 56) for a pest-ship, to wait on our infected men, who were not a few. See Great Plague of London.
On 22 May 1681 Robert Cholmondeley 1st Viscount Cholmondeley (age 41) died at St James'. His son Hugh Cholmondeley 1st Earl Cholmondeley (age 19) succeeded 2nd Viscount Cholmondeley of Kells in County Meath.
On 20 Jul 1723 Robert Shirley 6th Earl Ferrers was born to Laurence Shirley (age 29) and Anne Clarges (age 28) at St James'.
On 13 May 1737 William Wodehouse (age 31) died of smallpox without issue. He was buried in St James'.
On 27 Dec 1741 Bishop Reginald Courtenay was born to Henry Reginald Courtenay (age 27) and Catherine Bathurst at St James'.
On 14 Aug 1769 George Chichester 2nd Marquess Donegal was born to Arthur Chichester 1st Marquess Donegal (age 30) and Anne Hamilton Countess Donegal (age 31) at St James'.
On 21 Dec 1820 Thomas George Lyon Bowes (age 19) and Charlotte Grimstead (age 23) were married at St James'. He the son of Thomas Lyon Bowes 11th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 47) and Mary Louisa Elizabeth Rodney Carpenter.
Europe, British Isles, England, London, Westminster, St James', Arlington Street
On 02 Jan 1763 John Carteret 2nd Earl Granville (age 72) died at Arlington Street. His son Robert Carteret 3rd Earl Granville (age 42) succeeded 3rd Earl Granville, 3rd Baron Carteret of Hawnes, 4th Baronet Carteret of Metesches in Jersey.
Letters of Horace Walpole. Arlington Street, Jul 12, 1765.
If you knew with what difficulty and pain I write to you you would allow my dear sir that I have some zeal for your satisfaction I have been extremely ill for these last sixteen days with the gout all over me in head stomach and both feet but as it never budged from the latter it soon attracted all the venom from the upper parts Oh it is a venomous devil I have lain upon a couch for two days but I question whether I shall be so alert to day as I have had a great deal of pain in the night and little sleep Still I must write to you as it is both for your satisfaction and my own and as this is the first moment that I have enjoyed the liberty of the post for these three years We e may say what we will I may launch out and even you need not be discreet when our letters pass through Mr Conway's office He has already himself told you in form that he is your principal and I repeat how glad of it I am for your sake as well as for all others I told him last night that I believed the Duke of York had obtained the promise of a red riband for you and begged that promise at least of the late odious ministers might be fulfilled and that none of our new aspirants might be thrust in before you He readily with kind expressions towards you promised me his interest.
kind expressions towards you promised me his interest Well at last the four tyrants are gone undone by their own insolence and unpitied Their arrogance to the King and proscriptions of every body but their own crew forced his Majesty to try any thing rather than submit to such task masters Mr Pitt who was ready and willing to have assumed the burden was disappointed by the treachery of Lord Temple who has reconciled and leagued himself with his brother George In this distress the Duke of Čumberland has persuaded the Opposition to accept and form a ministry Without Mr Pitt they were unwilling but pressed and encouraged by Mr Pitt and fearing the crown should be reduced to worse shifts rather than again bend to the yoke they have submitted and every thing promises fairer than could be expected The Duke of Bedford, Grenville and the two secretaries are already dismissed and their places filled by Lord Winchelsea Lord Rockingham and Mr Dowdswell as First Commissioners of the Admiralty and Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer the Duke of Grafton and Mr Conway The list of ins and outs will be much more considerable by degrees though not rapidly nor executed with the merciless hand of late years for the present system is composed of men as much more virtuous in that respect as in every other than their predecessors Nobody has resigned yet but those immediately connected with the fallen as Lord Gower Lord Thomond and Lord Weymouth and who would not have been suffered to stay if they had desired it.
The crown of Ireland is offered to Lord Heriford All this sets my family in an illustrious light enough yet it does not dazzle me My wishes and intentions are just the same as they were Moderation privacy and quiet sum up all my future views and having seen my friends landed iny little cock boat shall waft me to Strawberry as soon as I am able to get into it The gout they tell me is to ensure me a length of years and health but as I fear I must now and then renew the patent at the original expense I am not much flattered by so dear an annuity You may judge of my sensations when I tell you I reckon the greatest miracle ever performed was that of bidding the cripple take up his bed and walk I could as soon do the former as the latter .
Since I began to write I hear that this morning have kissed hands Lord Ashburnham (age 40) for the Great Wardrobe in room of Lord Despencer, Lord Besborough and Lord Grantham Postmasters in the places of Lord Hyde and Lord Trevor Lord Villierst as Vicechamberlain instead of old Will Finch who believe has a pension and Lord Scarborough who succeeds Lord Thomond in the Cofferer's office You will say that all this is strongly tinctured with peerage it is true but the House of Commons will have its dole though not yet as folks do not like a re election depending for six months.
The Duke of Bolton (age 47) the other morning nobody knows why or wherefore except that there is a good deal of madness in the blood sat himself down upon the floor in his dressing room and shot him self through the head What is more remarkable is that it is the same house and same chamber in which Lord Scarborough performed the same exploit I do not believe that shooting one's self through the head is catching or that any contagion lies in a wainscot that makes one pull a suicide trigger but very possibly the idea might revert and operate on the brain of a splenetic man I am glad he had not a blue garter but a red one as the more plenty the sooner one gets to Florence.
This is a long epistle in my condition Pray unseal and decypher your lips now the tower has no longer the least air of the Bastille. Halifax, Sandwich (age 46) and General Warrants are sent to the devil though I believe Sandwich (age 46) will contrive to return like Belphegor even though he should be obliged to marry his own wife (age 48) again but he can never get rid of the smell of brimstone Adieu.
Europe, British Isles, England, London, Westminster, St James', 16 Arlington Street
In 01 Feb 1911 Hugo Francis Charteris (age 27) and Violet Catherine Manners (age 22) were married at St Margaret's Church, Westminster [Map]. The reception at 16 Arlington Street, Piccadilly. She the daughter of Henry John Brinsley Manners 8th Duke Rutland (age 58) and Violet Lindsay Duchess Rutland (age 54). He the son of Hugo Charteris 11th Earl Wemyss (age 53) and Mary Constance Wyndham Countess Wemyss (age 48).
Europe, British Isles, England, London, Westminster, St James', 19 Arlington Street
On 18 Apr 1834 Harriet Hale Baroness Dundas (age 64) died at 19 Arlington Street, Piccadilly.
Europe, British Isles, England, London, Westminster, St James', 21 Arlington Street
On 01 Jan 1800 Francis Leveson Gower aka Egerton 1st Earl Ellesmere was born to George Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Duke Sutherland (age 41) and Elizabeth Sutherland Duchess Sutherland 19th Countess Sutherland (age 34) at 21 Arlington Street, Piccadilly.
Europe, British Isles, England, London, Westminster, St James', 22 Arlington Street
Before 08 Oct 1840 John Jeffreys Pratt 1st Marquess Camden (age 81) sold 22 Arlington Street, Piccadilly to Henry Somerset 7th Duke Beaufort (age 48).
Europe, British Isles, England, London, Westminster, St James', Carlton Gardens
On 28 Mar 1842 John William Spencer Brownlow Egerton-Cust 2nd Earl Brownlow was born to John Hume Egerton (age 29) and Marianne Margaret Compton (age 25) at Carlton Gardens.
Europe, British Isles, England, London, Westminster, St James', 7 Carlton Gardens
Lifes Ebb And Flow Chapter IV. Yet, if a straightforward story must be told, it comes duly in order to record that I "came out " in the season of 1880, and my engagement to Lord Brooke was announced in June of that year. I was that rare thing — as rare as any oiseau bleu — a great heiress, for America may scarcely be said as yet to have assaulted the fastnesses of English society. I was a "beauty," and only those who were alive then know the magic that word held for the period. I was physically fit, eighteen, unspoilt, and I adored dancing. My stepfather and mother rented 7 Carlton Gardens for the year; the house belonged to the then Earl of Warwick, father of the man I was destined to marry. I was married from that house. We lived there afterwards, and one of my children was born there. The house has since been turned into a restaurant of The Ladies’ Annexe of the Carlton Club, and not long ago when I was invited to a luncheon there, early scenes flooded my memory, and I felt as one returned from the dead might feel — a stranger in a familiar abode.
Europe, British Isles, England, London, Westminster, St James', Cartlon House
On 08 Feb 1772 Augusta Saxe Coburg Altenburg (age 52) died at Cartlon House.
On 07 Jan 1796 Princess Charlotte Augusta Hanover was born to King George IV of Great Britain and Ireland (age 33) and Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort England (age 27) at Cartlon House. Coefficient of inbreeding 6.39%. 
Europe, British Isles, England, London, Westminster, St James', Clarence House
On 21 Dec 1919 Alexander Ramsay was born to Alexander Ramsay (age 38) and Victoria Patricia "Patsy" Windsor (age 33) at Clarence House. He a great grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
On 03 Oct 1961 David Armstrong-Jones 2nd Earl of Snowdon was born to Antony Armstrong-Jones 1st Earl of Snowdon (age 31) and Princess Margaret (age 31) at Clarence House. He a grandson of King George VI of the United Kingdom.
Europe, British Isles, England, London, Westminster, St James', Cleveland Court
Europe, British Isles, England, London, Westminster, St James', 3 Cleveland Court
On 16 Apr 1745 Noel Hill 1st Baron Berwick was born to Thomas Hill at 3 Cleveland Court.
Europe, British Isles, England, London, Westminster, St James', Cleveland Row
On 30 Mar 1691 Charles Hamilton Comte d'Arran was born illegitimately to James Hamilton Duke Hamilton, 1st Duke Brandon (age 32) and Barbara Fitzroy (age 18) at Cleveland Row. He a grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
Europe, British Isles, England, London, Westminster, St James', 1 Cleveland Row
On 07 May 1878 Colonel William de Horsey (age 52) was declared bankrupt whilst living at 1 Cleveland Row.
Europe, British Isles, England, London, Westminster, St James', 14 Cleveland Row
Europe, British Isles, England, London, Westminster, St James', 14 Cleveland Row, Berkshire House
Pepy's Diary. 19 Nov 1666. After dinner I carried and set my wife down at her brother's, and then to Barkeshire-house, where my Chancellor (age 57) hath been ever since the fire, but he is not come home yet, so I to Westminster Hall [Map], where the Lords newly up and the Commons still sitting. Here I met with Mr. Robinson, who did give me a printed paper wherein he states his pretence to the post office, and intends to petition the Parliament in it.
Pepy's Diary. 20 Nov 1666. After church home, where I met Mr. Gregory, who I did then agree with to come to teach my wife to play on the Viall, and he being an able and sober man, I am mightily glad of it. He had dined, therefore went away, and I to dinner, and after dinner by coach to Barkeshire-house, and there did get a very great meeting; the Duke of York (age 33) being there, and much business done, though not in proportion to the greatness of the business, and my Chancellor (age 57) sleeping and snoring the greater part of the time. Among other things I declared the state of our credit as to tallys to raise money by, and there was an order for payment of £5000 to Mr. Gawden, out of which I hope to get something against Christmas.
Evelyn's Diary. 28 Nov 1666. Went to see Clarendon House, now almost finished, a goodly pile to see, but had many defects as to the architecture, yet placed most gracefully. After this, I waited on the Lord Chancellor (age 57), who was now at Berkshire House, since the burning of London.
Pepy's Diary. 08 May 1668. After dinner my Lord and I together. He tells me he hears that there are great disputes like to be at Court, between the factions of the two women, my Baroness Castlemayne (age 27) and Mrs. Stewart (age 20), who is now well again, and the King (age 37) hath made several public visits to her, and like to come to Court: the other is to go to Barkeshire-house, which is taken for her, and they say a Privy-Seal is passed for £5000 for it. He believes all will come to ruin.
On 17 Jun 1807 Catharine Margaret Powlett Countess Darlington (age 41) died at Cleveland House.
Europe, British Isles, England, London, Westminster, St James', Clifford Street
On 16 May 1741 Richard Onslow 3rd Baron Onslow (age 28) and Mary Elwill were married at Clifford Street.
In 1768 Bishop Charles Lyttelton (age 54) died unmarried at Clifford Street. He was buried at St John the Baptist Church, Hagley on 30 Dec 1768.
On 03 Nov 1785 James Everard Arundell 10th Baron Arundel was born to James Everard Arundell 9th Baron Arundel (age 22) and Mary Christina Arundell Baroness Arundel Wardour at Clifford Street. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.13%. 
Europe, British Isles, England, London, Westminster, St James', Duke Street
On 03 Jul 1750 Richard Griffin 2nd Baron Braybrook was born to Richard Neville Aldworth Neville Griffin (age 32) and Magdalen Calandrini at Duke Street.
Europe, British Isles, England, London, Westminster, St James', Haymarket
On 08 Jul 1810 the Bow Street police raided the White Swan on Vere Street in London that had been established as a molly-house in early 1810 by two men, James Cook and Yardley. Twenty-seven men were arrested, but the majority of them were released (perhaps as a result of bribe); eight were tried and convicted. On 27 Sep 1810 six men were pilloried at the Haymarket. On 07 Mar 1811 John Hepburn (46) and Thomas White (16), a drummer boy, were hanged at Newgate Prison, London [Map] despite not being present on the night of the raid.
Europe, British Isles, England, London, Westminster, St James', Oxendon Street Haymarket
Survey London Volume 20 Part 3 Pages 101 103 Volume 20. In 1669 Shaver's Hall with all its appurtenances was bought by Thomas Panton, succinctly described by the Dictionary of National Biography as a "gambler," who in 1671 petitioned the Privy Council "that having been at great charge in purchasing a parcell of ground, lying at Pickadilly, part of it being the two bowling greens fronting the Haymarket, the other part lying on the north of Tennis Court," he might have leave to continue with his development of the property in spite of the king's "late proclamation" against building. Sir Christopher Wren (age 45) reported that "by opening a new street from the Hay-markett into Leicester-fields" Panton's scheme would "ease in some measure the great passage of the Strand, and will cure the noysomness of that part," and recommended that a licence to build be granted provided that the houses were built of brick "with sufficient scantlings, good paving in the streets, and sufficient sewers and conveighances for the water." Panton Street first appears in the ratebooks in 1674 and Oxendon Street, named after Baker's son-in-law, in 1675. Panton was also responsible for the erection of houses on the east side of the Haymarket at this time.
Europe, British Isles, England, London, Westminster, St James', Panton Street Haymarket
Panton Street Haymarket was built by Colonel Thomas Panton who had a large house nearby.
Survey London Volume 20 Part 3 Pages 101 103 Volume 20. Panton Street was described by Strype in 1720 as "a good open street, inhabited by tradesmen." On the south side lived in 1696-1730 Thomas Hickford, proprietor of "Hickford's Great Room" used for auction sales and entertainments.
Europe, British Isles, England, London, Westminster, St James', Shaver's Hall Haymarket
Survey London Volume 20 Part 3 Pages 101 103 Volume 20. In 1669 Shaver's Hall with all its appurtenances was bought by Thomas Panton, succinctly described by the Dictionary of National Biography as a "gambler," who in 1671 petitioned the Privy Council "that having been at great charge in purchasing a parcell of ground, lying at Pickadilly, part of it being the two bowling greens fronting the Haymarket, the other part lying on the north of Tennis Court," he might have leave to continue with his development of the property in spite of the king's "late proclamation" against building. Sir Christopher Wren (age 45) reported that "by opening a new street from the Hay-markett into Leicester-fields" Panton's scheme would "ease in some measure the great passage of the Strand, and will cure the noysomness of that part," and recommended that a licence to build be granted provided that the houses were built of brick "with sufficient scantlings, good paving in the streets, and sufficient sewers and conveighances for the water." Panton Street first appears in the ratebooks in 1674 and Oxendon Street, named after Baker's son-in-law, in 1675. Panton was also responsible for the erection of houses on the east side of the Haymarket at this time.
Europe, British Isles, England, London, Westminster, St James', Jermyn Street
On 02 Nov 1752 Philip Twysden Bishop Raphoe (age 39) died at Jermyn Street. Possibly East Peckham, Surrey [Map]. Somewhat curously his death was embroiled in a scandal that suggested he had, as a result of his impeecunious situation, been shot whilst attempting to rob a stagecoch.
On 14 Jul 1774 Matthew Blakiston 1st Baronet (age 72) died at Jermyn Street. His son Matthew Blakiston 2nd Baronet (age 13) succeeded 2nd Baronet Blakiston of the City of London.
Europe, British Isles, England, London, Westminster, St James', Jermyn Street, Rose Tavern
In Nov 1879 John Schott and Sarah Cox aka Fanny Cornforth (age 43) were married after which they ran the Rose Tavern.
Europe, British Isles, England, London, Westminster, St James', King Street
Pepy's Diary. 20 Sep 1662. To-night my barber sent me his man to trim me, who did live in King Street in Westminster lately, and tells me that three or four that I knew in that street, tradesmen, are lately fallen mad, and some of them dead, and the others continue mad. They live all within a door or two one of another.
Pepy's Diary. 18 Apr 1666. So to Westminster, and there at the Swan [Map] got a bit of meat and dined alone; and so away toward King's Street, and spying out of my coach Jane that lived heretofore at Jevons, my barber's, I went a little further and stopped, and went on foot back, and overtook her, taking water at Westminster Bridge, and spoke to her, and she telling me whither she was going I over the water and met her at Lambeth, and there drank with her; she telling me how he that was so long her servant, did prove to be a married man, though her master told me (which she denies) that he had lain with her several times in his house.
On 19 Jul 1860 John Elphinstone 13th Lord Elphinstone (age 53) died at King Street. His first cousin John Elphinstone-Fleming 14th Lord Elphinstone (age 40) succeeded 14th Lord Elphinstone.
Europe, British Isles, England, London, Westminster, St James', Marlborough House
On 03 Jun 1865 George V King United Kingdom was born to King Edward VII of the United Kingdom (age 23) and Alexandra Glücksburg Queen Consort England (age 20) at Marlborough House.
On 20 Feb 1867 Louise Windsor Duchess Fife was born to King Edward VII of the United Kingdom (age 25) and Alexandra Glücksburg Queen Consort England (age 22) at Marlborough House.
On 06 Jul 1868 Princess Victoria Windsor was born to King Edward VII of the United Kingdom (age 26) and Alexandra Glücksburg Queen Consort England (age 23) at Marlborough House.
On 26 Nov 1869 Maud Windsor Queen Consort Norway was born to King Edward VII of the United Kingdom (age 28) and Alexandra Glücksburg Queen Consort England (age 24) at Marlborough House.
Europe, British Isles, England, London, Westminster, St James', Park Place
Europe, British Isles, England, London, Westminster, St James', Vernon House Park Place
In Jul 1835 Edward Harbord 3rd Baron Suffield (age 53) died at Vernon House Park Place after a fall from his horse on Constitution Hill. His son Edward Harbord 4th Baron Suffield (age 22) succeeded 4th Baron Suffield, 5th Baronet Harbord of Suffield in Norfolk.
Europe, British Isles, England, London, Westminster, St James' Place
Europe, British Isles, England, London, Westminster, 25 St James' Place
From 1820 to his death in 1844 Francis Burdett 5th Baronet (age 49) lived at 25 St James' Place, Westminster.
Europe, British Isles, England, London, Westminster, 30 St James' Place
In 1881 Stafford Henry Northcote 1st Earl Iddesleigh (age 62) was living at 30 St James' Place, Westminster; Census.
Europe, British Isles, England, London, Westminster, St James' Street
On 04 Jun 1732 Cornwall Fitzfrederick Vane was born illegitimately to Frederick Louis Hanover Prince of Wales (age 25) and Anne Vane in St James' Street. He a grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.
Europe, British Isles, England, London, Westminster, St James' Street, Fenton's Hotel
On 12 Oct 1837 James Murray 1st Baron Glenlyon (age 55) died at Fenton's Hotel, St James' Street. His son George Augustus Frederick Murray 6th Duke Atholl (age 23) succeeded 2nd Baron Glenlyon of Glenlyon in Perthshire.
Europe, British Isles, England, London, Westminster, St James', York Street
On 03 May 1775 George Boscawen (age 62) died in York Street, St James'.
