PART I.

KENSINGTON.

[Picture: Royal seal]

LONDON: O’BYRNE BROTHERS & CO. 9, ADELPHI TERRACE, STRAND, W.C.

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1863.

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LONDON: PRINTED BY JAMES SEARS, BOLT COURT, FLEET STREET.

PREFACE.

THE object of the present work is to record the family particulars, military and civil services, distinctions, public employments, professional and commercial pursuits, and general personal information in regard to that large section of the community who dwell at the “West End,” and in kindred localities.

Hitherto books of the same character have been restricted to the titled and territorial classes; excluding as a rule those whom education and intelligence—tested by their professional and commercial pursuits—have rendered equally deserving of honourable and gratifying mention, forming as they do the bulk of what is termed good society.

To supply this deficiency is the intent of the present publication, which aims, as already suggested, at being a handbook to the nobility and gentry of London—the term gentry being understood to include logically those to whom the title of gentleman has been accorded by common consent—those as a rule whose vocation in life does not debar them from admission to our West End Clubs.

To the work, as a whole, we have given the title of “ARISTOCRACY OF LONDON,” as a compliment in the first place to that titular and hereditary element to which alone the word “Aristocracy” has been hitherto assumed to belong, and next as a tribute to that other intellectual and commercial element to which, in a wider sense, it may be equally allowed to apply; as a homage, in short, to that eminence of rank and that eminence of intelligence which, combined, impart their tone to our educated classes, and necessarily to the reflex of these, the present publication.

On the special interest which a work such as the “ARISTOCRACY OF LONDON” must possess in the eyes of our oligarchic public—to say nothing of its indispensable utility to every person moving in society—it is needless here to dilate: the numerous personal books, peerage and other, which have preceded it in popular estimation, constituting at once our reason and apology for endeavouring to achieve comprehensively that which has hitherto been attempted in fragments only.

For the sake of convenience the “ARISTOCRACY OF LONDON,” will be divided into eight parts, to be annually revised and corrected, namely:

1.—THE ARISTOCRACY OF KENSINGTON.

2.—THE ARISTOCRACY OF NOTTING HILL AND BAYSWATER.

3.—THE ARISTOCRACY OF PADDINGTON AND ST. JOHN’S WOOD.

4.—THE ARISTOCRACY OF PORTMAN, CAVENDISH, AND RUSSELL SQUARES, &c.

5.—THE ARISTOCRACY OF HYDE PARK AND MAY FAIR.

6.—THE ARISTOCRACY OF ST. JAMES AND BELGRAVIA.

7.—THE ARISTOCRACY OF BROMPTON AND CHELSEA, &c.

8.—MISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTARY.

The first of these parts, the “ARISTOCRACY OF KENSINGTON,” is now presented to the public. While rendering the contents at once available by a copious index to the nearly 800 notices which the body of the work contains, we have adopted the novel and attractive plan of ranging the information we have been able to acquire under the heads of the streets, and according to the numbers or appellations therein of the houses at which the various parties reside—thus at once illustrating the street and the individual. It must not, however, be assumed that those persons whose names are not included in the following pages are therefore not entitled to appear. Omissions and errors, the results of deficiency of information, are inseparable from a work of this character, especially in the first issue. Future editions will enable us to be more copious and doubtless more accurate. At the same time, we cannot deny that the work, as it stands, contains the “cream” of those who dwell in the KENSINGTON District, so far at least as we can judge from the numerous replies we have received to our applications, showing a ready and courteous disposition to communicate information on the part of those generally, it is to be inferred, who had any to offer. This friendly co-operation we heartily and gratefully acknowledge, and we trust that those whom our enquiries have accidentally not reached, will enable us to make the _amende_ in our next edition.

It only remains for us to announce that the “ARISTOCRACY OF LONDON” will be followed, in due course, by the “COUNTY ARISTOCRACY,” in a series of parts, each in itself complete, devoted to the “Aristocracy of the Empire.”

9, ADELPHI TERRACE, 1863.

INDEX TO STREETS, &c.

PAGE Abingdon Villas 1 Addison Crescent 2 Addison Gardens 3 Addison Road 3 Addison Terrace 6 Albert Gate 6 Albert Place 7 Albert Terrace 8 Allen Terrace 9 Argyll Road 9

Bath Place 11 Bedford Place 11 Belmont Villas 12 Berkeley Gardens 12 Brunswick Gardens 12 Brunswick Terrace 13

Cambridge Place 14 Cambridge Terrace 14 Campden Grove 15 Campden Hill 15 Campden Hill Road 18 Campden Hill Terrace 19 Campden Hill Villas 20 Campden House Road 20 Clarendon Road 21 Clarendon Terrace 22 Courtland Place 22 Courtland Terrace 22 Courtland Villas 22 Cromwell Place 22 Cromwell Road 24

Douro Place 26 Durham Villas 28

Earl’s Court Terrace 28 Earl’s Terrace 28 Edwarde’s Place 29 Eldon Road 29 Ennismore Place 30 Essex Villas 31

Gloucester Terrace 31 Gordon Place 32

Holland Villas Road 32 Hornton Villas 32 Hyde Park Gate 33 Hyde Park Gate, South 35 Hyde Park Terrace 37

Inkerman Terrace 37 Inverness Gardens 37

Kensington 38 Kensington Crescent 39 Kensington gate 40 Kensington Gore 42 Kensington Palace 43 Kensington Square 44

Lansdowne Terrace 45 Leonard Place 45 Lower Phillimore Place 47

Madeley Villas 47 Mall 47 Marlborough Terrace 47

Palace Gardens Terrace 48 Palace Gardens Villas 51 Palace Green 51 Pembroke Cottages, North 52 Pembroke Cottages, South 52 Pembroke Road 53 Pembroke Square {0} 55 Percy Villas 55 Petersham Terrace 56 Phillimore Gardens 57 Phillimore Terrace 58 Prince’s Gardens 69 Prince’s Gate 58 Prince’s Terrace 74

Queen’s Gate 78 Queen’s Gate Gardens 81 Queen’s Gate Terrace 83

Rutland Gate 87

St. Alban’s Road 97 St. George’s Terrace 98 St. Mary Abbot’s Terrace 99 Scarsdale Terrace 99 Scarsdale Villas 100 Shaftesbury Villas 100 Sheffield Gardens 100 Sheffield Terrace 101 South Place 102 South Villas 105 Sussex Place 106

Tor Villas 106

Upper Bedford Place 107 Upper Hornton Villas 107 Upper Kensington Gore 107 Upper Phillimore Gardens 108 Upper Phillimore Place 109

Vicarage Gardens 111 Vicarage Place 111 Victoria Road 112

Warwick Gardens, East 114 Warwick Gardens, West 114 Warwick Square 115 Wilton Terrace 115 Wright’s Lane 116

York Villas 116 Young Street 117

ABBREVIATIONS ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED.

A.B. Bachelor of Arts. A.M. Master of Arts. App. Appointed. A.R.A. Associate of the Royal Academy. B. Born. Bart. Baronet. Br. Brother. C. Called. C.E. Civil Engineer. Ch. Ch. Christ Church. Coll. College. Comm. Commissioner. C.B. Companion of the Order of the Bath. C.M.G. Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. Creat. Creation. D. Died. Dau. Daughter. D.C.L. Doctor of Civil Law. D.D. Doctor of Divinity. Dep. Lieut. Deputy Lieutenant. Ent. Entered. E.I.C.S. East India Company’s Service. Eng. England. Eq. Drftsmn. Equity Draftsman. F.G.S. Fellow of the Geological Society. F.L.S. Fellow of the Linnæan Society F.R.A.S. Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society. F.R.C.P. Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. F.R.C.S. Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons. F.R.G.S. Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. F.R.H.S. Fellow of the Royal Horticultural Society. F.R.S. Fellow of the Royal Society. F.S.A. Fellow of the Society of Antiquarians. F.S.S. Fellow of the Statistical Society. F.Z.S. Fellow of the Zoological Society. G.C.B. Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath. G.C.H. Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Guelphs of Hanover. G.C.M.G. Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. Gt. Brit. Great Britain. H.M.S. Her Majesty’s Ship. Hon. Honourable. H.R.H. His or Her Royal Highness. Irel. Ireland. J.P. Justice of the Peace. K.C.B. Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath. K.C.H. Knight Commander of the Order of the Guelphs of Hanover. K.C.M.G. Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. K.G. Knight of the Order of the Garter. K.H. Knight of the Order of the Guelphs of Hanover. K.P. Knight of the Order of St. Patrick. K.S.I. Knight of the Star of India. K.T. Knight of the Order of the Thistle. K.T.S. Knight of the Tower and Sword. Lieut. Lieutenant. L.L.D. Doctor of Laws. L.R.C.P. Licentiate Royal College of Physicians. L.R.C.S. Licentiate Royal College of Surgeons. L.S.A. Licentiate Society of Apothecaries. M. Married. Marq. Marquis. M.B. Bachelor of Medicine. M.D. Doctor of Medicine. M.R.C.S. Member of the Royal College of Surgeons. M.P. Member of Parliament. Q.C. Queen’s Counsel. R.A. Royal Academician. ,, Royal Artillery. R.E. Royal Engineers. R.N. Royal Navy. S. Son. Sch. School or Scholar. Scot. Scotland. Suc. Succeeded. Surg. Surgeon. Trin. Trinity. Utd. Kgdm. United Kingdom. V.C. Victoria Cross. Visct. Viscount.