Street in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London
79 Elgin Crescent, home of
Sir Osbert Lancaster
Elgin Crescent is a street in
Notting Hill , London, England.
It runs west from
Portobello Road , crosses
Ladbroke Grove and at its south-western end joins
Clarendon Road . The section between Portobello Road and
Kensington Park Road is formed of shops, cafes and restaurants, whilst the remainder is residential.
[1]
The houses were built in the 1850s and 1860s, and most share communal gardens. Many are now
listed buildings . East of Ladbroke Grove, it was originally called Elgin Road.
[1] It is named after the town of
Elgin in Scotland.
Notable residents
60 –
Jawaharlal Nehru (1889–1964), First Prime Minister of India, lived there 1910–12
79 – Sir
Osbert Lancaster (1908–1986), cartoonist, born there
86 – Sir
Laurence Olivier (1907–1989), actor and director, lived there 1910–14
[2]
95 –
Katherine Mansfield , New Zealand born short-story writer
[3]
98 -
Margaret Fairchild (1911-1989), aka Miss Shepherd -
The Lady in the Van - lived here in the 1950s with her mother
[4]
106 –
John Alexander Fladgate (1809–1901), a
port wine merchant, lived and died there
121 –
Amy Clarke (1892–1980), mystical poet and writer, born there
Boris Johnson , prime minister of the United Kingdom (former resident)
[5]
Rachel Johnson , journalist and author
[6]
Sax Rohmer , author, creator of
Dr Fu Manchu
[3]
References
51°30′51″N 00°12′29″W / 51.51417°N 0.20806°W / 51.51417; -0.20806