Category: CHARACTERS

  • The Rt. Hon. Baroness Shackleton of Belgravia LVO (Fiona Shackleton)

    The Rt. Hon. Baroness Shackleton of Belgravia LVO (Fiona Shackleton)

    The “Steel Magnolia” is described as having “charm and resoluteness.” The cousin of Nigella Lawson and George Monbiot is one of the country’s finest solicitors but also trained as a cordon bleu chef. Heather Mills threw a jug of water over her head at the final settlement hearing of her divorce from Sir Paul McCartney and other well known clients have included The Prince of Wales and Alyce Faye Eichelberger, the former wife of John Cleese.

  • Sir Peter O'Sullevan CBE (1918 – 2015)

    “The Voice of Racing” was undoubtedly the most charming gent in England and was the first sports broadcaster to have been knighted. (more…)

  • Nancy Wake AC GM (1912 – 2011)

    Nancy Wake AC GM (1912 – 2011)

    Churchill’s most highly decorated special agent. A resistance heroine who lived at The Stafford Hotel from 2001 to 2003 and regaled visitors with tales of her time as the legendary “White Mouse.” Her tipple of choice, gin and tonics, flowed as freely as did the stories of her time interviewing Hitler in the 1930s and 500-mile missions on bicycles.

  • Claus Von Bülow

    Claus Von Bülow

    Tried twice for the attempted murder of his wife, Sunny, who remained in a vegetative state for some 28 years, this socialite and writer has the most mischievous of wits. Subject of the Golden Globe award winning film Reversal of Fortune starring Jeremy Irons and Glenn Close, this distinguished gent is also renowned for telling macabre jokes.

  • Alexander Fiske-Harrison

    Alexander Fiske-Harrison

    An Englishman who also happens to be a bullfighter, actor and writer. (more…)

  • Umberto Scomparin

    Umberto Scomparin

    You won’t meet a maître d’ like him. Scomparin does a mean Liverpudlian impression and following a stint at the now defunct Ilia, he’s moving on to pastures new. An evening in his company is always going to be jolly.

  • Lord Lucan (also known as Richard John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan)

    Lord Lucan (also known as Richard John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan)

    “Lucky,” as he was known to his friends, was a man whose luck ran out on the 8th November 1974. A prolific gambler, Lord Lucan disappeared following the killing of his children’s nanny and he was subsequently declared legally dead in October 1999. Conspiracy theories as to his supposed whereabouts continue to this day. Amongst the most ludicrous are that Arnold Schwarzenegger murdered him and that he’s hiding out in Kenya. This is a mystery that is unlikely ever to be solved.