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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 ...
Lyford Cay was named after Captain William Lyford Jr., who was awarded the land by Royal Decree from King George III in 1788. The modern history of the island began when Canadian industrialist and thoroughbred horse breeder E. P. Taylor, affectionately known as Eddie, visited Nassau in 1945.
Over time, the channel separating the cay from the mainland filled and became part of New Providence Island. Both portions of the allotted land grant would become a portion of what we now know as Lyford Cay.
Mar 29, 2016 · The exclusive Bahamas compound—a favorite of billionaires and playboys—has been thrust into the spotlight by a a decades-long feud between neighbors Peter Nygard and Louis Bacon.
Dec 28, 2023 · Lyford Cay’s story begins in 1966 when E.P. Taylor, a Canadian brewery tycoon, purchased the island. It quickly became a sanctuary for global celebrities, politicians, and business magnates.
Dec 28, 2019 · Lyford Cay, the oldest master-planned community in the Bahamas, is a very proper, old-world-style paradise that caters to those who desire the decorum of times gone by.
May 2, 2023 · For more than fifty years, world leaders, aristocrats, business magnates, billionaires, and celebrities have flocked to Lyford Cay, a gated enclave on the western coast of New Providence Island in the Bahamas, for its reputation as one of the Caribbean's most exclusive and aristocratic enclaves.
