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in 1684, which had fallen into ruin due to neglect caused by the dissolute duke's spendthrift ways. It was sold for £20,000, a fifth less than the duke had paid for it only nine years previously despite the land values in the area increasing in the intervening period. The house was demolished and
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The Beaux-Arts building, the Mellier, at 26b Albemarle Street originally the home and showroom of Charles Mellier & Co. Mellier was born in France and became a successful high quality cabinet maker and decorator; one of his most famous commissions was for the liner
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is at 21 Albemarle Street and forms an imposing backdrop on the street with its row of classical columns on its frontage. The building has been greatly enlarged and redeveloped since 1799 when the Institution was founded, and is now a
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whilst a pupil at Rugby School. He graduated from Oxford with a BA in 1829 and received his MA in 1831. He entered the Church and became chaplain of St George's Chapel, Albemarle Street, London (c. 1800–1903). Here he published his
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moved to Mayfair, taking the recently vacated ground floor and basement premises of the Mellier building, creating a fashionable and stylish motor showroom, renamed it ‘Buick House’ and from 1923 known as
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the syndicate proceeded to develop the area. At that time the house backed onto open fields and the development of the various estates in Mayfair was just getting underway. The syndicate also built
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left his calling card for Wilde with the infamous note "For Oscar Wilde, posing as a somdomite" . This led to Wilde's failed libel action and subsequent criminal prosecution.
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as a dining club meeting for the first time on 3 November 1864 at St George's Hotel, Albemarle Street, with a select membership of nine proponents of the
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Sermons: Preached in St. George's Chapel, Albemarle Street; to Which Is Added, an Essay On the Prophecies Relative to Christ
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Sermons preached in St. George's chapel, Albemarle street. To which is added, An essay on the prophecies relative to Christ
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bringing in the eager audience. Albemarle Street was made a one-way street to avoid further incidents of such congestion.
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a master mariner and nautical author who founded and ran his ship chandlers and yacht brokerage until his death in 1985.
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created for the purpose of better traffic flow in London. The decision was taken after a series of lectures by
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View of Clarendon House, now demolished. Albemarle Street runs through the centre of the site of the house.
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Captain O.M.WATTS, at 49 Albemarle Street was once the large showroom and mail order department of
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in 1935. Today the building is renamed the Mellier again, has been transformed by architect
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stayed here in 1814, before his return to France. It was also the meeting place of
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caused long traffic jams in the capital because of the horrendous queues formed by
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Frenchman Alexander Grillion opened Grillion's Hotel at No. 7 in 1803.
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were destroyed in the fireplace on the first floor after his death. Sir
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was located at 50 Albemarle Street during the 19th and 20th centuries.
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Northward view of Albemarle Street, from the Stafford Street junction.
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Southward view of Albemarle Street, from the Grafton Street junction.
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Albemarle Street was built by a syndicate of developers headed by
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W. H. Patterson Fine Arts, 19 Albemarle Street – until 2012
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The street is host to a number of art galleries. These include:
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Ernő Goldfinger / Designing Modern Britain — Design Museum
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Faggionato Fine Arts, 49 Albemarle Street (first floor)
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Mazzoleni Art, 27 Albemarle Street – until 2022
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was originally in Albemarle Street and relocated to
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Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer
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Mayfair
central London
Piccadilly
Lord Byron
John Murray
Oscar Wilde
Albemarle Club
Brown's Hotel

Sir Thomas Bond
Clarendon House
Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle
Old Bond Street
Dover Street
one-way street
Humphry Davy
Royal Institution
horsedrawn carriages

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Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer
Queen Anne
Victor Spencer, 1st Viscount Churchill
Page of Honour
Queen Victoria
Anne Lister

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