Hyde Park Gate

Hyde Park Gate

Hyde Park Gate is an address in London, England, which applies to two parallel roads in Kensington on the southern boundary of Kensington Gardens. It is probably most famous for being the death place of Sir Winston Churchill. It is in a picturesque part of London and a very expensive place to live.

Famous residents

Number 9
* Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, founder of the scouting movement

Number 17
* Victoria Claflin Woodhull Martin, first woman to run for U.S. presidency

Number 22
* Vanessa Bell, painter
* Virginia Woolf, writer
* Sir Leslie Stephen, scholar and writer

Number 28
* Sir Winston Churchill, prime minister

Number 29
* Enid Bagnold, novelist and playwright

External links

* [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=47515 Hyde Park Gate and Kensington Gate] at the "Survey of London" online


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