Kate Meyrick, Queen of Nightclubs
Kate Evelyn Ma Meyrick (1875 -1933), an Irish business woman and Queen of the London nightclub scene. She ran "43", a late-night jazz club at 43 Gerrard Street in Soho, was prosecuted several times for breaching licensing laws and went to prison for bribing policemen to ignore these breaches. Her book Secrets of the 43 was banned on its publication in 1933. Three of her daughters married peers of the realm
Picture No
13689708
Media ID
47099596
Size
5074px x 7704px
(9.4MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Unattributed photograph in Secrets of the 43' by Kate Meyrick
Date
c.1930
