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  Court of St. James's

  noun

  the British royal court: so called from St. James's Palace, London, the former scene of royal receptions.
• Court of St James's
  Court of St James's

  noun

  the official name of the royal court of Britain

Court of St. James's

American  

Or Court of Saint James

noun

1. the British royal court: so called from St. James's Palace, London, the former scene of royal receptions.

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Court of St James's British  

noun

1. the official name of the royal court of Britain

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Court of St. James's Cultural  

1. The royal court of Britain, including the queen or king and a group of officials who aid in ruling the country.

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Ambassadors to Britain are officially ambassadors to the Court of St. James's.

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Mr. Johnson’s appointment to the Court of St. James’s, as it is formally known, is a plum assignment.

From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2017

Within that class, only one person has in his office the government-issued, wooden desk that once belonged to his grandfather, Joseph P. Kennedy, when he was ambassador to the Court of St. James’s.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2014

As we’ve written, Matthew Barzun , Obama’s 2008 finance chairman, then ambassador to Sweden and again Obama’s 2012 finance chairman, is the odds-on favorite to become the ambassador to the Court of St. James’s, a.k.a.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 22, 2013

The ambassadorial posts in France and Britain - formally known as the Court of St. James's - are among the most coveted in the diplomatic ranks.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 5, 2012

Baron von Bothmer, the Hanovarian Envoy Extraordinary to the Court of St. James's, opened the sealed packet containing the Commission of Regency, drawn up by George after the death of his mother.

From Lady Mary Wortley Montague Her Life and Letters (1689-1762) by Lewis Melville

At the Court of St James's the 19th day of June 1772.

From An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America by J. P. (John Patterson) MacLean

In 1876 the first resident Envoy ever sent by China to Great Britain, or to any other nation, was accredited to the Court of St James's.

From China and the Manchus by Herbert Allen Giles

The French minister at the Court of St James's was ordered to leave the country, and war was proclaimed.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 346, August, 1844 by Various

Unless English travellers have been duly presented at the Court of St James's, they cannot obtain presentations at foreign Courts through the English Embassies.

From Manners and Rules of Good Society or Solecisms to be Avoided by Anonymous

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the King of Servia to the Court of St James's, 1895-1900, and 1902-1903.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" by Various