5, St James's Square

5, St James's Square (anciently Wentworth House) is a Grade II* listed historic townhouse in London, England, built 1748–51 by William Wentworth, 2nd Earl of Strafford (1722–1791) to the design of Matthew Brettingham the Elder.[1][2] It remained the London residence of the descendants of his sister until after 1968,[3] and in 1984 was the site of the "Libyan Peoples' Bureau" from which shots were fired which caused the murder of Yvonne Fletcher.

Left: Wentworth House, 5, St James's Square, London

Residents

The following persons were resident in successive houses on the site:[4]

Wentworth & Byng families

References

  1. Historic England. "Wentworth House (1264938)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  2. http://www.5stjamesssquare.com/the-building/
  3. Montague-Smith, P.W. (ed.), Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage, Kelly's Directories Ltd, Kingston-upon-Thames, 1968, p.1060, residence of Julian Byng (born Lafone), son and heir of Lady Elizabeth Byng, eldest daughter and co-heiress of the 6th Earl of Strafford.
  4. Up to 1887 as listed in: Dasent, Arthur Irwin, "The History of St. James's Square and the Foundation of the West End of London, with a Glimpse of Whitehall in the Reign of Charles the Second", London, 1895, Appendix A, p.227
  5. http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member/byng-george-1764-1847
  6. Montague-Smith, P.W. (ed.), Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage, Kelly's Directories Ltd, Kingston-upon-Thames, 1968, p.1060
  7. A member of Kenya's Happy Valley set (Red Strangers: The White Tribe of Kenya By Christine Stephanie Nicholls, p.2000), described as a "Kenyan bad-hat", in A sleuth in Happy Valley, The Spectator Archive, 20 Nov. 1982, p.22, Richard West's review of White Mischief by James Fox
  8. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/39521/page/2198/data.pdf
  9. Debrett's, 1968, p.1060
  10. Obituary of Lord Oliver of Aylmerton, Daily Telegraph, 23 Oct 2007
  11. Montague-Smith, P.W. (ed.), Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage, Kelly's Directories Ltd, Kingston-upon-Thames, 1968, p.1060, Julian Byng's address given as "5, St James's Square"

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