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Kate Meyrick (1875–1933) was an Irish nightclub owner in 1920s London. Kate Nason was born in Kingstown. Her father was a doctor, as was her husband, Dr. F. R. Meyrick, who abandoned her after eight children. He was reported to have shown up at her funeral, inconsolable. She became a London club hostess and proprietor of the notorious 43 Club at 43 Gerrard Street, Soho, London,〔(Chinatown London W1, History through the ages )〕 an address also once the home of poet John Dryden.〔(Link to Flikr image of plaque )〕 She went to prison on five occasions, and was sentenced to 15 months in 1929 for bribing a police officer, George Goddard. Her daughter Mary married the 14th Earl of Kinnoull. ==References== * Fergus Linnane, "London: the Wicked City: A Thousand Years of Vice in the Capital", Robson, 2007, ISBN 1-86105-990-6, p. 322 * Kate Meyrick, "Secrets of the 43 Club", 1933, reprinted Parkgate Publ. 1994 ISBN 0-9523109-2-9 * Amy Gilman Srebnick, René Lévy, "Crime and culture: an historical perspective", Ashgate Publishing, 2005, ISBN 0-7546-2383-1, p. 85 * Colin Watson, "Snobbery with Violence", Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1971, ISBN 0-413-28420-4, pp. 120,196 * (Dictionary of National Biography ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kate Meyrick」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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