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12 unusual facts about Mayfair


Andrey Lugovoy

Traces of polonium-210 have been discovered in all three hotels where Lugovoy stayed after flying to London on October 16, in the Pescatori restaurant in Dover Street, Mayfair, where Lugovoy is understood to have dined before November 1, and aboard two aircraft on which he had travelled.

Anthony Fane, 13th Earl of Westmorland

Fane was born at Curzon House, 8 South Audley Street, Mayfair, London, the second and youngest son of Francis Fane, 12th Earl of Westmorland and Lady Adelaide Ida, daughter of Richard Curzon-Howe, 1st Earl Howe.

Burlington Fine Arts Club

Part of the clubhouse doubled as a regular exhibition venue, the location having been selected for its proximity to Mayfair art dealers.

Catherine Walters

Catherine Walters died of a cerebral haemorrhage at her home at 15 South Street, Mayfair, and was buried in the graveyard of the Franciscan Monastery in Crawley, West Sussex.

Frances Anne Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough

On 12 July 1843 at St. George Street, Mayfair, London, Lady Frances married John Spencer-Churchill, Marquess of Blandford.

Geo.F. Trumper

It was established in the late 19th century by Mr George Trumper, operating from a shop at 9 Curzon Street in Mayfair.

Hong Kong-United Kingdom relations

In the UK, the Hong Kong SAR is represented through the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office at Grafton Street in London's Mayfair.

Johannesburg Muslim School

The school combines secular and Islamic education in its curriculum and has a separate preschool located in Mayfair that caters for Nursery, Intermediate and Grade R pupils.

John Gilbert Cooper

Cooper died in Mayfair having devoted the last few years of his life to the Society for the Encouragement of the Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, but he left when he failed to get elected as vice president.

Mayfair

Sir Thomas Grosvenor, 3rd Baronet married Mary Davis, heiress to part of the Manor of Ebury, in 1677; the Grosvenor family gained 40 hectares (100 acres) of Mayfair.

Naval Club

Since 1946 it has owned the premises at 38 Hill Street, Mayfair which was formerly occupied by the 2nd Earl of Chatham.

Reginald de Veulle

de Veulle also hosted orgies at his Mayfair flat where cocaine and opium (cooked up by Ada Lau Ping) were freely available.


1771 in Great Britain

2 October - Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, brother to the King, marries a commoner, the widow Anne Horton, in Mayfair, precipitating the Royal Marriages Act 1772.

A Man of Mayfair

A Man of Mayfair is a 1931 British musical comedy film directed by Louis Mercanton and starring Jack Buchanan, Joan Barry and Warwick Ward.

Aura Mayfair

Aura Mayfair is a high profile nightclub located on St James's Street in the Mayfair district of London.

"Aura Mayfair" is a high profile nightclub located on St James's Street in the Mayfair district of London

Boston Store

As cross-town rival Gimbels was being dismantled in 1986, Boston Store acquired three Gimbel's branches at Southgate Mall, Milwaukee, East Towne Mall, Madison and Mayfair Mall, Wauwatosa.

Charles Allom

And when the Empress of Britain was launched the same year as the "new" Waldorf-Astoria, among its modern Art Deco decors, the "Mayfair Lounge" by White, Allom was the one space in Edwardian Renaissance manner.

Connaught Place, London

The head offices of the Premier League and Experian are located here, as is the Matlock Bank, Mayfair Conference Centre, The Victory Services Club, and various marketing and sales companies such as Jacobs Consultancy, Spencer Stuart, and ZS Associates.

Dodge Regent

Chrysler of Canada imported polyhead V8 short blocks for use in Canadian Plymouth Belvedere and Dodge Mayfair models.

Eddington, Kent

The cemetery contains an elaborate monument to Lydia Cecilia Hill, known as Cissie Hill, a cabaret dancer and close friend of Ibrahim, Sultan of Johor who funded the building of Mayfair Court and the associated servants' quarters in Grand Drive, Herne Bay for her.

Embassy of Brazil, London

The Brazilian ambassador's residence is located is a separate building at 54 Mount Street, Mayfair as is the Consular section which is at 3-4 Vere Street, Marylebone.

Embassy of Thailand, London

Thailand also maintains an Office of the Air Attaché at 2 Victoria Road, South Kensington, an Office of Commercial Attaché at 11 Hertford Street, Mayfair and an Office of Educational Attaché at 28 Prince's Gate, South Kensington.

Eyck Zimmer

He then worked in a number of well-known hotels in Europe, Palasthotel (East Berlin), Grand Hotel Regina (Grindelwald, Switzerland), The Dorchester (Mayfair, London), The Berkeley (London), The Lanesborough (London), Claridge's (London), The Ritz (London), Choupana Hills in Madeira and the Lowry Hotel in Manchester, UK.

Frederick B. Dent

From 1958 until 1972 and 1977 until 1988, Dent was the president of Mayfair Mills in Arcadia, South Carolina.

George Nayler

Sir George Nayler, KH (bapt. 29 June 1764, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire – 28 October 1831, Hanover Square, Mayfair) was a long-serving officer of arms at the College of Arms in London.

Gertrude Jekyll

Jekyll was born at 2 Grafton Street, Mayfair, London, the fifth of the seven children of Captain Edward Joseph Hill Jekyll, an officer in the Grenadier Guards, and his wife Julia Hammersley.

Grosvenor House Hotel

Richard Corrigan rents space within the hotel and runs the restaurant Corrigan's Mayfair.

The hotel has a pedestrian entrance on Park Lane in Mayfair but this is not the 'main/courtyard' entrance which is actually on Park Street.

Hampton Park, Ottawa

Many streets in the Hampton Park neighbourhood are named for upper-class neighbourhoods of London, including Kensington, Piccadilly, Mayfair, and Windsor.

Ife

Hotels in Ilé-Ife include Hotel Diganga Ife-Ibadan road, Mayfair Hotel, Obafemi Awolowo University Guest House etc.

Inside Claridge's

The series documented a year behind the scenes of Claridge's, a five-star hotel located in Mayfair, London.

Jay Hebert

Hebert worked as the playing pro at Mayfair Country Club in Sanford, Florida in the 1950s.

Lexington Park, Philadelphia

Of Lexington Park's well known celebrities, even though he often touts himself as having spent his teenage years growing up in Mayfair, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania while attending and later dropping out from Northeast Philadelphia's Lincoln High School, in truth, actor Sylvester Stallone actually resided in Lexington Park during those years.

But with Lexington Park being white collar, and Mayfair being blue collar, the "growing up in rough and tumble Mayfair" image apparently far better fit the "Rocky" identity.

Mary Quant

After gaining a Diploma in Art Education from Goldsmiths, Quant began an apprenticeship at Erik, a high-end Mayfair milliner on Brook Street next door to the Claridge's hotel.

Mayfair Sporting Club

Mayfair Sporting Club organises professional black tie boxing dinner events at venues such as the Cafe Royal in Regent Street, Millennium Hotel in Mayfair, the Savoy, The Marriott in Grosvenor Square and other five star venues.

Olive Custance

She was born at 12 John Street, Berkeley Square, Mayfair, in London, the only daughter and heiress of Colonel Frederick Custance, who was a wealthy and distinguished soldier in the British army.

Pierre-Victor Galland

Galland was responsible for the ceiling of the grand staircase at Dartmouth House in Mayfair, London, England.

Rowan Mayfair

Rowan is the culmination of centuries of manipulation of the Mayfair bloodline, often by means of incest and the addition of other people in possession of 'magical' or psychic abilities, by the spirit Lasher.

Maybe even the most powerful as her abilities mimic those of the Mayfair's spirit Lasher, abilities which no other prior to her could wield without his aid.

Sapphires Model Management

In 2012, the company further expanded and moved to new offices in South Molton Street, Mayfair.

Silence Therapeutics

Formed in 1994 as a publicly traded drug research and development company, Silence Therapeutics has offices in London and Berlin, with its corporate headquarters based in The Royal Institution of Great Britain, Mayfair, London.

Swiss Re

The landmark London skyscraper, designed by architect Norman Foster and popularly known as 'the gherkin’, was confirmed sold on 5 February 2007 for over £600 million (US$1.18 billion) to a group formed of IVG Immobilien AG of Germany and Evans Randall of Mayfair.

The People Tree

:*Recorded and mixed at Acid Jazz Studios, Strongroom, Mayfair and Real World, 1993

William Amherst, 3rd Earl Amherst

He was born in Mayfair, London, the son of Viscount Holmesdale (later 2nd Earl Amherst) and was baptised on 3 May 1836 in St. George's Church, Hanover Square, London.

Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Estate

Insiza Dam Recreational Park, also known as Mayfair Dam and Lake Cunningham