Bruton Street Explained

Bruton Street is a street in London's Mayfair district.

It runs from Berkeley Square in the south-west to New Bond Street in the north-east, where it continues as Conduit Street.

Notable residents have included Field Marshal John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, and Richard Brinsley Sheridan.[1]

On 21 April 1926, Queen Elizabeth II was born at No. 17, the London home of her maternal grandfather, the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne.[2] The house was commonly thought to have been damaged in the Blitz and demolished in the aftermath,[2] but archival documents at the British Library prove that the house had been demolished by property developers between 1937 and 1939, before the start of the war.[3]

The fashion designer Norman Hartnell lived and worked at No. 26 from 1935 until his death in 1979.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Walford, Edward . Edward Walford . 1878 . Old and New London, Volume 4: Westminster and the Western Suburbs . . Berkeley Square and its neighbourhood . https://www.british-history.ac.uk/old-new-london/vol4/pp326-338 . 326–327.
  2. Web site: The Queen's London Birthplace: 17 Bruton Street . Timms . Elizabeth Jane . 21 April 2021 . Royal Central . 29 December 2021.
  3. Web site: Coughlan . Sean . The mystery of the home where the Queen was born . . 29 December 2021 . 29 December 2021.
  4. English Heritage . English Heritage . Sir Norman Hartnell . 2005 . Blue plaque.