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St James's Place is a street in the St James's district of London near Green Park.^[1] 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 ..."^[2]^[3] Henry Benjamin Wheatley wrote in 1870 that it was "one of the oddest built streets in London."^[3]

Spencer House, which was commissioned by the 1st Earl Spencer in 1756, stands at number 27 and is now listed as Grade I.^[4]^[5] A further thirteen properties are Grade II listed; Number 4 is Grade II* listed.^[6]

Notable residents

Joseph Addison (1672–1719), author and politician who founded The Spectator, lived here in 1710.^[3]
Eustace Budgell (1686–1737), English writer and politician.^[3]
Sir Francis Burdett (1770–1844), reforming politician known as "Old Glory", lived at number 25 from 1820 to 1844.^[7]
Sir Francis Chichester (1901–1972), pioneer aviator, sailor and author, lived at number 9 from 1944 to 1972.^[8]
Lord Randolph Henry Spencer-Churchill (1849–1895), British statesman, lived at number 29 from April 1880 to late 1882.^[9]
James Craggs the Younger (1686–1721), English politician.^[3]
Mary Delany (1700–1788), English artist and writer.^[3]
Captain Basil Hall (1788–1844), Scottish traveller and author, lived at number 4.^[3]
Cornelius Hatfield, Jr. (1755–1823), American Revolutionary War Loyalist partisan captain from Elizabeth, New Jersey.^[10]
John Hick (1815–1894), English industrialist, art collector and Conservative Party politician, lived at number 4.^[11]^[12]
Henry Grattan (1746–1820), Irish politician.^[3]
White Kennett (1660–1728), Bishop of Peterborough.^[3]
John Lubbock (1803–1865), English banker and scientist.^[3]
Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh (1818–1887), British statesman, lived at number 30.^{[citation needed]}
Richard Rigby (1722–1788), English civil servant and politician.^[3]
Samuel Rogers (1763–1855), 19th-century English poet.^[13]
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900), Irish playwright, novelist, essayist, and poet, rented rooms at 10–11 for five months in 1893–1894.^{[citation needed]}
John Wilkes (1725–1797), English journalist and politician, lived there in 1756.^[3]

Gallery

Blue Plaque at 4 St James's Place
Francis Chichester Map and Guide publishing house at 9 St James's Place
10-11 St James's Place
26 St James's Place

References

^ St James's Street, londontown.com, accessed 23 April 2012.
^
Stow, John. "Southwark, and Parts Adjacent", A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, Borough of Southwark and Parts Adjacent, p. 663.
- Also see "St James's Park," The Parish of St. James Westminster. Part II: north of Piccadilly, Volumes 31–32 of Survey volumes, Athlone Press, University of London, 1963, p. 511ff.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Wheatley, Henry Benjamin (1870), Round about Piccadilly and Pall Mall, Smith, Elder & Co., pp. 167–169
^ Ed Glinert (2004), "St. James's Place", The London Compendium, Penguin UK, ISBN 9780141012131
^ Historic England. "SPENCER HOUSE (1264952)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
^ "The National Heritage List for England (search term: st james's place sw1)". English Heritage. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
^ "Burdett, Sir Francis", The History of Parliament, accessed 24 April 2012.
^ "Francis Chichester green plaque in London". BluePlaquePlaces.co.uk. 17 September 1993. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
^ Buczacki, Stefan (2017). "Churchill Facts: Residences of Winston and Clementine Churchill". The International Churchill Society. Retrieved 27 February 2017. 29 St. James's Place (April 1880—late 1882). Leased by Lord Randolph Churchill.
^ "London, England, Land Tax Records, 1692–1932". Ancestry.
^ Royal Blue Book, Fashionable Directory and Parliamentary Guide. B. W. Gardiner, Princes Street, Cavendish Square. 1873. p. 744.
^ List of Members of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Ancestry.com, Civil Engineers Lists 1818–1930 Ancestry.com Operations Inc: Institution of Civil Engineers. 1886.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
^ Richard Ellis Roberts (1910), "St. James's Place", Samuel Rogers and his circle, Dutton, p. 48