The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-07
FIGHT FOR PRIVILEGE
OF CARRYING SPURS

members II which ther.upon u,.,,a,ca
,ur'h re- wesi. so as 10 IL nearer 10
,i!t court. y number OF them aI
n.nssed themselves 10 Lord 81 Albuns
nlh acuuired sites from Him ON his
a. Jamos's Fields lcusehold property
shape and entirety 49,
Lore 81 Adams reserved for him
FL frontage or seventy feet on
~, , nho..n size Of the square. and erect
go 20, tn"rcon he spicndid mansion which
n!iGd the space now occupied ~ 4. 10
ana ana IL No. . being to-day occupiei
~ 'ho boriiand CLUB, while No. 10 is
tHc London home OF Lord kinnaird 40
Lorh 81. .albans's table Charles ii SAL
many time for, although the earls
m ~; had been unplcasantly linked
"lth thst OF Henrietta Maria. ina
queen mother, he was too powerful n
parsonage TO be Ignored By the King
IN ~ Lord 81 Aibans this srea, house
LUIS io or Ornonde, Lord Lieutenant OF
ireland. and In the eighteenth century
~ beca me the home OF James Brydccs.
sn nMJ o. Gnnmaps The Austrian AM.
,here and after ii had been divided
ihtc three houses, various Interesting
nn o,lp iiEed ~ its separate portions;
,,,lns them, William Pitt. Earl OF
chatham. and, il. our DAYS Villa n,
EWart Gladstone '
NJ !; Vas from The adjoining balcony
thit the victory OF Waterloo was an,
nonnced to the people collected in ths
Suuaro by the Prince Regent: for on
1. une =, 1915. the prince and Lord
MIS- Boehm. and on the oificer bear
ing the news OF the victory from the
luxe or wellington reaching Carlton
gent TO ST. James's square. The scene
has often been desert bed the carriare
ana ans. four tearing down Pail Mall, the
na ppi1s gal19pns for dear life three
from its windows, and the crowd
pressing on in its wake.
NO ST James's square. now oc-
cuIpied by the Ilas, India United Ser
wee Club, was the homo Of Sir iohiliD
francis, the author OF the "Junius'.
letters, and II was. there that Queen
iionse of Lords. On her return from
me sessions of the divorce suit by
George ". the Queen would pause
and curtsey to the crowd. after :liight-
ing from her carriage. while the mob
would cheer her, and groan and boot
at the King
Of Norfolk. and It IS there tina, The
Present duke. as earl marshal, is or
ganizing all the various pagcants and
ceremonies in connection with the cor
mansion, which is in reality two build
ings: for old Norfolk House stands in
the garden behind the newer building.
y was in the Older building that Fred
cr!ck, Prince OF Wales. having quar-
relied with his father, King George Ill.
a acc the hospitality of the Duke OF
opposition court there, which so an
Gered George II. that he barred from
his own court any who frequcnted tina
Of his son. 1t was also at Norfolk
House. while Frederick Prince az
Wales. was living there, that his son,
afterwards King George IL. was born
The present Lord ijgcrton of Tatton
mas like Lord DERBY, deserted ST.
Jamess Square, and NOT, which had
belonged TO his family since 1897 has
been since converted into business
premises. II was one Of the oriyinaT
mansions OF tho square. and Lord Ran
clagh occupied IL during the latter
part of The reign Of Charles II. and
hat Of his successor. James H. No.
g. next door has belonged 10 the Earle
and MarquesseS OF Bristol ever since It
WAS taken over from the builders in
1917, willie No 2 has been in the Bos-
ccawen family ever since it was erected,
the present chief of the family and
owner Of the house, being Lord Fall
mouth. It's lamp posts are stuck on
french cannon captured by the ia.
nous admiral Sir Edward Boscawen.
who also saw mich service on thja
side Of the Atlantic in the middle OF
the eighteenth century.
(Copyright 1911, by tho Brentwood
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