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Les Ambassadeurs Club
Les Ambassadeurs Club (also known as "Les A") is a private club and casino located at 5 Hamilton Place in the Mayfair area of London, England.
The club was originally established on Hanover Square in 1941 by John Mills, and it has had several owners since Mills sold it in 1981. The club moved to 5 Hamilton Place in 1950, and Le Cercle casino was established at the club in 1961. The Milroy and Garrison nightclubs have also been based at 5 Hamilton Place. The club was portrayed in the inaugural James Bond film, Dr. No, and scenes from The Beatles' film A Hard Day's Night were filmed at the club.
The building at 5 Hamilton Place was built between 1807 and 1810 by Thomas Leverton and remodelled in the Venetian Renaissance style by W. R. Rogers of William Cubitt for Leopold de Rothschild. Interior decoration in the Louis XV and fin de siècle style was completed by John Jackson, Mellier, Forsythe. The interior is noted for its fine workmanship, including an oak staircase with excessively scrolled balustrade. The woodwork in the library was completed in the Florentine studios of Chevalier Rinaldo Barbetti. It is listed Grade II* on the National Heritage List for England. The oval ceiling fresco in the Marble Room was painted by Edmund Thomas Parris in the 1830s.
The main gaming floor of the club has sixteen tables, where American roulette, baccarat, blackjack and Three Card Poker can be played. Roulette and more discreet games of cards can be played in the club's Marble Room. The club has a garden area, where players can smoke while placing their bets. The club's Red Room has a separate entrance at 6 Hamilton Place.
Les Ambassadeurs was first opened on Hanover Square in 1941 by the Polish-born soldier and businessman John Mills (born Jean-Jean Millstein). Mills also co-owned the Milroy Nightclub on Stratton Street in Mayfair with bandleader Harry Roy. The club was memorably visited in October 1948 by actress Pat Kirkwood, accompanied by the high society photographer Baron and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. The group dined at Les Ambassadeurs before dancing at the Milroy. Kirkwood danced with Philip, to the shock of onlookers, and this incurred the displeasure of King George VI. Christopher Lee kept a bottle of gin with his name on it at the club. The screenwriter Charles Bennett said of the Milroy during the Second World War that "Scotch whiskey and champagne flowed like the Niagara river rapids. Nero fiddled while Rome burned, and if there was death outside in darkest London, within the warmth and brilliance of the Milroy there was food, drink and dancing".
The club refused to admit Jewish members until as late as 1943.
Les Ambassadeurs and the Milroy were relocated to No. 5 Hamilton Place, off Park Lane, in 1950 with the lease bought for £40,000 (equivalent to £1,183,997 in 2025). The band at the Milroy was led by Stephane Grappelli in the early 1950s.
Le Cercle gaming club for members of Les Ambassadeurs was established at the club in May 1961 after the passing of the Betting and Gaming Act 1960. The Garrison Room, a nightclub, was established in the basement of the building. Mills was subsequently convicted in 1963 at Bow Street Magistrates' Court under the Betting and Gaming Act in a case involving the legality of charges imposed in Chemin de fer at Le Cercle but his appeal was successfully heard at the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice in December 1963 in Mills v. Mackinnon. John Stanley, 18th Earl of Derby lost £165,000 in an evening gambling at the club in the 1960s. The extent of Derby's losses caused the souring of Mills's relationship with fellow casino owner John Aspinall, who had previously had Derby as a regular patron. Le Cercle lost their gambling licence in 1978 following convictions against the company and a former manager for breaches of the gaming act.
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Les Ambassadeurs Club
Les Ambassadeurs Club (also known as "Les A") is a private club and casino located at 5 Hamilton Place in the Mayfair area of London, England.
The club was originally established on Hanover Square in 1941 by John Mills, and it has had several owners since Mills sold it in 1981. The club moved to 5 Hamilton Place in 1950, and Le Cercle casino was established at the club in 1961. The Milroy and Garrison nightclubs have also been based at 5 Hamilton Place. The club was portrayed in the inaugural James Bond film, Dr. No, and scenes from The Beatles' film A Hard Day's Night were filmed at the club.
The building at 5 Hamilton Place was built between 1807 and 1810 by Thomas Leverton and remodelled in the Venetian Renaissance style by W. R. Rogers of William Cubitt for Leopold de Rothschild. Interior decoration in the Louis XV and fin de siècle style was completed by John Jackson, Mellier, Forsythe. The interior is noted for its fine workmanship, including an oak staircase with excessively scrolled balustrade. The woodwork in the library was completed in the Florentine studios of Chevalier Rinaldo Barbetti. It is listed Grade II* on the National Heritage List for England. The oval ceiling fresco in the Marble Room was painted by Edmund Thomas Parris in the 1830s.
The main gaming floor of the club has sixteen tables, where American roulette, baccarat, blackjack and Three Card Poker can be played. Roulette and more discreet games of cards can be played in the club's Marble Room. The club has a garden area, where players can smoke while placing their bets. The club's Red Room has a separate entrance at 6 Hamilton Place.
Les Ambassadeurs was first opened on Hanover Square in 1941 by the Polish-born soldier and businessman John Mills (born Jean-Jean Millstein). Mills also co-owned the Milroy Nightclub on Stratton Street in Mayfair with bandleader Harry Roy. The club was memorably visited in October 1948 by actress Pat Kirkwood, accompanied by the high society photographer Baron and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. The group dined at Les Ambassadeurs before dancing at the Milroy. Kirkwood danced with Philip, to the shock of onlookers, and this incurred the displeasure of King George VI. Christopher Lee kept a bottle of gin with his name on it at the club. The screenwriter Charles Bennett said of the Milroy during the Second World War that "Scotch whiskey and champagne flowed like the Niagara river rapids. Nero fiddled while Rome burned, and if there was death outside in darkest London, within the warmth and brilliance of the Milroy there was food, drink and dancing".
The club refused to admit Jewish members until as late as 1943.
Les Ambassadeurs and the Milroy were relocated to No. 5 Hamilton Place, off Park Lane, in 1950 with the lease bought for £40,000 (equivalent to £1,183,997 in 2025). The band at the Milroy was led by Stephane Grappelli in the early 1950s.
Le Cercle gaming club for members of Les Ambassadeurs was established at the club in May 1961 after the passing of the Betting and Gaming Act 1960. The Garrison Room, a nightclub, was established in the basement of the building. Mills was subsequently convicted in 1963 at Bow Street Magistrates' Court under the Betting and Gaming Act in a case involving the legality of charges imposed in Chemin de fer at Le Cercle but his appeal was successfully heard at the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice in December 1963 in Mills v. Mackinnon. John Stanley, 18th Earl of Derby lost £165,000 in an evening gambling at the club in the 1960s. The extent of Derby's losses caused the souring of Mills's relationship with fellow casino owner John Aspinall, who had previously had Derby as a regular patron. Le Cercle lost their gambling licence in 1978 following convictions against the company and a former manager for breaches of the gaming act.
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