The Harley Street General Practice

Name :

The Harley Street General Practice

Address  :

73 Harley Street

Town  :

London

State  :

Greater London

Country  :

UK

Post Code:

W1G 8QJ

Phone  :

44 0 20 7486 6011

Fax  :

44 0 20 7224 6853

Web URL  :



History

The Georgian origins of Harley Street established a calm harmonious architecture that set the neighbourhood standard being an embodiment of 18th century urban charm

Situated on the northwest corner of New Cavendish Street 73 Harley Street was first occupied more than 300 years ago in 1792 by a gentleman of private means Henry Perce

Since then it has been home to many eminent residents including Sir Charles Lyell 17971875 author of the scientific classic Principles of Geology and William Ewart Gladstone 18091898 During Disraelis time in power Gladstone occupied much of his time here with literary studies He was the subject of many articles relating to his qualities as a statesman but rather less was said about his private eccentricities
It was also the forum for the historic and scandalous affair between Lady Jane Ellenborough and Prince Felix Schwarzenberg of Austria who resided at no73 When the affair was made public by The Times newspaper in April 1830 it was the subject of breakfast tittletattle across the entire country for weeks

In the mid1880s the house became the first in Harley Street to pass into medical use subsequently accommodating a host of medical practitioners too numerous to mention
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