Kensington and Chelsea Register Office is an office for the registration of births, deaths, marriages and civil partnerships located in Chelsea Old Town Hall in Chelsea, London.[1] It has hosted the weddings of many notable people.[2]
According to The Independent, it is "still one of the hippest places to get married".[2]
Notable people married there
edit- William Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington and Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy (1944)[3]
- Neil Aspinall, music industry executive and Suzy Ornstein (1968)[4]
- Lionel Blair, dancer and Susan Davis (1967)[5]
- Marc Bolan, singer and June Child (1970)[6]
- Pierce Brosnan, actor and Cassandra Harris, actress (1980)[6]
- Nigel Dempster, journalist, and Lady Camilla Osborne (1977)[7]
- Judy Garland, actress and Mickey Deans (1969)[2]
- Hugh Grant, actor and Anna Eberstein (2018)[6]
- James Joyce, author and Nora Barnacle (1933)[8]
- Patsy Kensit, actress and Jim Kerr, musician, (1992)[4]
- Bobby Moore, footballer and Stephanie Parlane (1991)[6][9]
- Prince Pavlos of Greece and Marie-Chantal Miller (1995)[4]
- Irving Penn, American photographer, and Lisa Fonssagrives, Swedish fashion model (1950)[10]
- Beth Rogan, actress and Tony Samuel, Shell oil heir and publisher (1962)[11]
- Wallis Simpson, socialite and Ernest Simpson (1928)[4]
- Sharon Tate, actress and Roman Polanski, film director (1968)[12]
- Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt, pop musicians (2008)[13]
- Marco Pierre White, chef and Alex McArthur (1988)[14]
References
edit- ^ "Kensington and Chelsea Register Office opening hours and location | Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea". www.rbkc.gov.uk.
- ^ a b c Ian McCurrach (7 April 2006). "The 50 best wedding locations (1–25) | News & Advice | Travel". The Independent. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- ^ Williams, Claudia (1 August 2024). "Kennedy Weddings: Looking Back at the Iconic Family's Marriage Celebrations From 1914 to Now". Architectural Digest. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Chelsea Register Office Open Day at Chelsea Register Office | Chelsea London | London hotels". LondonTown.com. 10 February 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- ^ Lionel Blair And Wife British actor and dancer Lionel Blair marries model Susan Davis at Kensington Register Office in London, 21st March 1967, gettyimages.co.uk, accessed 20 October 2021
- ^ a b c d "Kings Road wedding venue that has hosted celebrity nuptials from Judy Garland to Hugh Grant set to reopen after year-long renovation". 16 February 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ Willis, Tim (2010). Nigel Dempster and the Death of Discretion. Short Books. ISBN 978-1906021849.
- ^ Bowker, Gordon (2012). James Joyce: A New Biography. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. p. 419. ISBN 9780374178727. OCLC 802264865.
- ^ "Booby Moore". England Football Online. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- ^ "Irving Penn". The Telegraph. 8 October 2009.
- ^ "Beth Rogan, actress - obituary". The Telegraph. 11 December 2015.
- ^ "The Swinging London Wedding of Roman Polanski and Sharon Tate". The Vintage News. 28 July 2018.
- ^ "BBC – Pop singer Tracey Thorn on the best and worst of London life". BBC News. 30 March 2010. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
- ^ "The only woman I have ever truly loved". The Telegraph. 31 July 2006.
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