Kate Meyrick
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Kate Meyrick was an Irish
night club owner in 1920s London
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Kate Nason was born in Kingstown
. Her father was a doctor, as was her husband, who abandoned her after eight children. She became a London club hostess and proprietor of the notorious "43 Club" at 43 Gerrard Street, Soho, London (an address also once the home of poet John Dryden
). She went to prison on five occasions, and was sentenced to 15 months in 1926 for bribing a police officer, George Goddard.
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
night club owner in 1920s London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
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Kate Nason was born in Kingstown
Dún Laoghaire
Dún Laoghaire or Dún Laoire , sometimes anglicised as "Dunleary" , is a suburban seaside town in County Dublin, Ireland, about twelve kilometres south of Dublin city centre. It is the county town of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County and a major port of entry from Great Britain...
. Her father was a doctor, as was her husband, who abandoned her after eight children. She became a London club hostess and proprietor of the notorious "43 Club" at 43 Gerrard Street, Soho, London (an address also once the home of poet John Dryden
John Dryden
John Dryden was an influential English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who dominated the literary life of Restoration England to such a point that the period came to be known in literary circles as the Age of Dryden.Walter Scott called him "Glorious John." He was made Poet...
). She went to prison on five occasions, and was sentenced to 15 months in 1926 for bribing a police officer, George Goddard.