Mary Evans Kate Meyrick released from prison 11801855

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Picture No	11801855
Date	1928
Description	Kate Meyrick released from prison
Details	Kate '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. Pictured here in 1928 after being released from Holloway Prison after a six month sentence, accompanied by her daughter, Mary (May), the Countess of Kinnoull.
Source	Photograph in The Bystander magazine, 28 November 1928
Credit	© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
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