It was initially property to quite a few higher class inhabitants together with Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland, James Brydges (later to develop into 1st Duke of Chandos), and Henry St John, 1st Viscount St John. Other artists who recorded at Trident include things like David Bowie, Elton John, Free and Thin Lizzy. Trident Studios was centered at seventeen St Anne's Court, Soho and was a significant London recording studio.