Key

Key, 1833-37. Steel with a solid oval shaped bow with 'No 9. W IV R South St Gate.' and crown inscribed on the obverse and '(Late) Sir Geo. Robinson.' inscribed on the reverse.

This key provided access to Hyde Park via the South Street gate. Between 1790 and 1804, local householders paid the Office of Works to construct private gates through the park walls into Hyde Park. For at least another four decades after, the Office issued individually numbered, non-transferable keys, granting entry only during permitted hours.

Sir George Robinson, 6th Baronet (12 January 1766 – 23 November 1833) was a British landowner, High Sheriff of Leicestershire and MP. Sir George never married and on his death in 1833 was succeeded by his nephew George Stamp Robinson (1797–1873).

The key opened a gate to Hyde Park at the junction of Park Lane and South Street.