MAYFAIR EAST
Number 50 is still owned by the Murray family. It is here where famously Lord Byron’s memoirs were burned shortly after his death in 1824. The decision was made by John Murray II abetted by five of the poet’s friends. They considered the memoirs too salacious for public scrutiny and that the details would damage Byron’s reputation. Brown's Hotel (5) was founded in 1837 by James Brown and his wife Sarah. The Browns were former valet and maid to Lord and Lady Byron. The hotel was originally eleven Georgian townhouses which were gradually acquired and merged so no two of the 117 rooms are the same. It is considered to be one of London’s oldest hotels has always been the place to go for afternoon tea (something else for my ‘to do’ list). The hotel was where Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. The Kipling Suite, with jungle-themed interior, is the hotel’s biggest. I n 1876, Alex...