in Thorndon. Parts of Tinakori Road and Hill Street are closed during the fair. Thorndon's Sky Stadium is one of New Zealand's top sports venues. The Thorndon Tennis (and Squash) Club, established in the 19th century, is one of the oldest in the world. Notable residents Ex officio Governor-General at Bowen Street from 1871 to 1907 on what is now the site of the Beehive Prime Minister at 260 Tinakori Road Speaker Anglican Bishop of Wellington Catholic Archbishop of Wellington and Metropolitan of New Zealand Private citizens Hobson Street Charles Abraham (bishop of Wellington) Charles Barron Harold Beauchamp #8 Alfred Brandon (politician) Alfred Brandon (mayor) Alfred Brandon (lawyer) William Henry Clayton Charles Clifford John Duncan (1839–1919) now the site of the Australian High Commission Robert Hart (politician) Charles Beard Izard Walter Woods Johnston #6 Jacob Joseph (merchant) Arthur Myers, Cabinet Minister Evelyn Margaret Page #20 Robert Pharazyn merchant and runholder William Pharazyn merchant and runholder Robert Stains Thomas Coldham Williams (1825–1912) runholder now Queen Margaret College Tinakori Road Harold Beauchamp #25 and 133 Elsdon Best Isaac Featherston land now Newman Terrace George Hunter (mayor) Nathaniel Levin merchant William Levin merchant and runholder now Pendennis, #15 Burnell Avenue Douglas Lilburn #22 Ascot Street Katherine Mansfield Andrew Todd (New Zealand) Fitzherbert Terrace John Johnston (New Zealand politician) merchant and runholder, driveway Katherine Avenue, Queen Margaret College and Thorndon tennis club courts Harold Beauchamp #47 Hawkestone Street and Portland Crescent Joseph Nathan merchant, founded Glaxo now GlaxoSmithKline Hill Street Charles Hayward Izard #21 Jonas Woodward Sydney Street West Rita Angus #194a Bowen Street Alexander Turnbull #25 Bowen Street Hospital Murphy Street Arthur Donald Stuart Duncan Robin Cooke took the suburb's name when raised to a life peerage Thorndon Quay George Friend Glenmore Street Many embassies, high commissions and consulates are located in Thorndon including: the US, Chinese, Cuban, German, Italian, Philippine, Thai and Turkish Embassies; the Australian, British, Canadian, Cook Islands, Fijian, Indian, and Niue High Commissions; and the Norwegian and Swedish Consulates-General. Thorndon Esplanade "Wellington's Show Walk". Thorndon Esplanade with its baths and shrubs lies beneath Aotea Quay. Its band rotunda was sent to Central Park in 1921. Built at the end of the 1880s on the reclamation of the Manawatu Railway Company and intended to be a place of fashionable display it did not survive the first World War. It had become dirty and disreputable suffering from the increased activity in