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Chapel Street, Belgravia
Street in London, England From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Chapel Street is a street in central London's Belgravia district. It runs south-west to north-east from Belgrave Square to Grosvenor Place.
No. 24 was home to Brian Epstein, the manager of the Beatles, who moved there in January 1965 from a flat in nearby Whaddon House. The house hosted numerous parties, including the Sgt Pepper album release party.[1] He died there on 27 August 1967 of an accidental barbiturate and alcohol overdose.[2]
Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster gave a house in the street to Norman Tebbit and his wife, following the Brighton bombing in 1984.[3]
Michael Heseltine lived at No. 30 for many years, formerly home to Nina Campbell.[4] It was from the steps of this house that Heseltine announced that he would challenge Margaret Thatcher for the leadership of the Conservative Party.[5]
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