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Jermyn Street
45, Haymarket. (SW1) Named after the owner of this and neighbouring streets, Jermyn, Earl of St. Albans, in compliment to whom the armorial bearings of that family are displayed over the south entrance of St. James's Church. (Reference: Smith's Streets of London, p. 25) No. 76, Jermyn Street (formerly the St. James's Hotel) , was the scene of almost the last sufferings of Sir Walter Scott. (Reference: Jesse's London, vol. I, p. 85) From 1675 to 1681 the great Duke of Marlborough, then the young and handsome Colonel John Churchill, lived on the south side of Jermyn Street. Gray, the poet, lodged here at the east end. (Reference: Timbs's Curiosities of London, p. 481)
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