It was initially household to several higher class inhabitants such as Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland, James Brydges (later to come to be 1st Duke of Chandos), and Henry St John, 1st Viscount St John. Other artists who recorded at Trident contain David Bowie, Elton John, Free and Thin Lizzy. Trident Studios was primarily based at seventeen St Anne's Court, Soho and was a main London recording studio.