White's Chocolate House
Names
- White's Chocolate House
- White's
Street/Area/District
- St. James's Street
Descriptions
from the Grub Street Project, by Allison Muri (2006-present)
White's Chocolate House, 28 St. James's St. from 1693 to 1698.
from Survey of London: Volumes 29-30, St. James Westminster, Part 1, ed. F.H.W. Sheppard (London County Council; British History Online) (1960)
White's was established as a chocolate house in St. James's Street in 1693 …
In 1693 the ratebooks show Francis White as the occupant of a house on the east side of St. James's Street, on or very near the site of the present Boodle's club-house. He remained in this house until 1696. The ratebooks of 1697 are missing, but in 1698 they show that he removed to the west side of the street to a house later numbered 69, whose site was occupied after 1826 by the northern part of Arthur's club-house (now the Carlton Club).
from London Coffee Houses, by Bryant Lillywhite (1963)
White's Chocolate House, St. James's Street.
- 1693–97
- Founded in 1693 by Francis White an Italian, at a house on the east side of St. James's Street. In 1697, White removed to larger premises on the west side of the street, known later as No. 69.
from The London Encyclopaedia, 3rd Edition, ed. Ben Weinreb, Christopher Hibbert, Julia Keay, and John Keay (2008)
White's Chocolate House, … had been opened in 1693 on the site of what is now Boodle's by an Italian, Francis White, whose real name was presumably Francesco Bianco. Business prospered and in about 1697 the Chocolate House was moved across the street to a house which was to become part of the premises of Arthur's Club.