Talk:St James's Hotel and Club

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Can anyone tell me, please, is there any connection between this 'Club and Hotel' and the former St James's Club which was merged into Brooks's in 1978? If not, claims that there is should be deleted. Xn4 00:39, 11 January 2008 (UTC
 * What would be the nature of the connection, one wonders? This establishment claims at its website that it "it first opened its doors, as a gentlemen’s chamber [sic] for the English aristocracy, in 1892." At that time the St James's Club was in operation, in St James's Street.   The buildings at 7-8, Park Place, were erected as blocks of flats in 1891-92 (Survey of London: vols 29-30 (1960) covering the parish of St James's Westminster, has the most complete details). The sporting Sir John Astley, Bt. died in his chambers at 7, Park Place, 10 October 1894 (DNB, s.v. "Astley, Sir John Dugdale "). The Field Club was at 7, Park Place in 1889: on 13 May 1889 the police raided the club and found baccarat in progress. Twenty-one persons were arrested, "among whom were three English and several French and Belgian noblemen... Among those arrested were the Earl of Dudley, Lord Lurgan, Lord Paulet and Baron Ferraro"... (see The New York Times archive). By 1960 the flats were being called ""Old St. James's House", a designation without historical support. "The interior was originally planned with fortyfour sets of residential chambers, with their attendant service rooms." (LCC, Survey of London). There is no connection with the former St James's Club.--Wetman (talk) 04:48, 12 January 2008 (UTC)


 * That's a very smart piece of architectural detective work, Wetman, I'm impressed! Xn4  11:48, 12 January 2008 (UTC)