Bahamian residential community
The map of New Providence Island shows Lyford Cay in the west
NASA Landsat image
Lyford Cay is a private
gated community located on the western tip of
New Providence island in
The Bahamas . The former
cay that lent its name to the community is named after Captain
William Lyford Jr. , a mariner of note in Colonial and Revolutionary times, and is built on a 448-acre (181 ha) grant he received for his services as a
Loyalist in the
American Revolutionary War . Captain Lyford also received a 92-acre (37 ha) grant on
Cat Island, Bahamas for playing a key role in
Andrew Deveaux ’s
raid of April 1783 that drove the Spanish from
Nassau .
Cay
Lyford Cay, also called Simms Cay , was a
cay a few hundred metres off the north west coast of New Providence Island, 1.4 km long east-west, and up to 200 metres wide. On the map in the 1901
Edward Stanford Atlas it is noted: "The
Isthmus at Lyford Cay has grown since 1830, when boats could pass at
H.W. It is now 10
fṭ high & covered with bushes."
[1]
Character
Considered one of the world's wealthiest and most exclusive neighbourhoods, the Lyford Cay Club was built during the latter part of the 1950s
[2] by prominent
Canadian businessman
Edward Plunkett Taylor , who bought the land in 1954 from Bahamian developer
Sir Harold Christie .
[3]
[4]
[5] In December 1962, U.S. President
John F. Kennedy stayed at E. P. Taylor's home in Lyford Cay while he held talks with British Prime Minister
Harold Macmillan .
[6]
[7] There are about 450 homes.
[8]
Notable residents
Former residents
Sean Connery , Scottish actor,
[15]
[16]
[17] Connery died at Lyford Cay in 2020
Henry Ford II , son of
Edsel Ford , grandson of
Henry Ford , former president of the
Ford Motor Company
[9]
Prince Azamat Guirey, of the
ruling family of
Crimea
[18]
Stavros Niarchos , Greek shipping magnate
[9]
Peter Nygård , Finnish-Canadian former fashion executive
[9]
Tony O'Reilly , Banckrupt Irish former media CEO
[19]
Sir John Templeton , American-born British investor and philanthropist
[20]
Arthur Hailey , British-Canadian novelist,
[21] author of The Lyford legacy: a history of Lyford Cay from 1788
[22]
[23]
References
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Edward Stanford 1901 atlas page: Bahamas, with New Providence Island inset
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"Carib Song - TIME" . Time . February 1, 1963. Archived from
the original on November 4, 2012.
^
"Treasure Islands - TIME" . Time . April 20, 1959. Archived from
the original on November 4, 2012.
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"Crowds in the Sun - TIME" . Time . January 19, 1962. Archived from
the original on November 4, 2012.
^
"The Man with Many Eyes - TIME" . Time . February 8, 1963. Archived from
the original on November 4, 2012.
^
https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=t3YyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=u-kFAAAAIBAJ&pg=894,941320&dq=lyford-cay+taylor&hl=en [
dead link ]
^
Reading Eagle - Google News Archive Search
^
Lyford Cay in the Bahamas Offers a Clubby—And Unflashy—Vibe
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a
b
c
d
e
f Monique P. Yazigi (May 25, 2000).
"Storming the Last Civilized Sandbox" . The New York Times .
^ Konigsberg, Eric (August 15, 2019).
"The Billionaire Battle in the Bahamas" . Vanity Fair .
^
"Lyford Cay resident Kozeny indicted for fraud" . The Nassau Guardian . Archived from
the original on 2006-12-19. Retrieved 2008-02-22 .
^
"Souvenir King becomes Britain's Newest Millionaire" . Independent . 13 April 1996.
^ Mitchell, Kevin (26 August 2007).
"Jol bruised by boardroom blunders" . Guardian . London.
^
"Money" . Telegraph . London. [
dead link ]
^ Ferguson, Euan (October 3, 2004).
"Scotch myth" . The Guardian . London.
^ Shapiro, T. Rees (31 October 2020).
"Sean Connery, first James Bond of film, dies at 90" .
The Washington Post . Retrieved 31 October 2020 .
^
"News - Telegraph" . The Daily Telegraph . London. [
dead link ]
^
"Paid Notice: Deaths GUIREY, H. H. PRINCE AZAMAT" . The New York Times . Aug 14, 2001. Retrieved Aug 8, 2020 .
^
"Media Top 100 2004" . Guardian . London. 12 July 2004.
^ McFadden, Robert D. (July 9, 2008).
"John Templeton, Investor, Dies at 95 - Obituary (Obit)" . The New York Times .
^
"Author Arthur Hailey dies" . LJWorld.com . Retrieved 2023-02-02 .
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"The Lyford legacy : a history of Lyford Cay from 1788 | WorldCat.org" . www.worldcat.org (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-02-02 .
^
"A Short History - Lyford Cay Property Owners Association" . www.lyfordcaypoa.com . Retrieved 2023-02-02 .
External links
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