Court of St. James's
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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'snounthe official name of the royal court of Britain
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Ambassadors to Britain are officially ambassadors to the Court of St. James's.
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The ambassadorship to the Court of St. James’s, along with the one to Paris, is considered among the most prestigious postings for an American president to fill.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 16, 2021
The groom's paternal great-grandfather, Winthrop W. Aldrich, was a chairman of the Chase Bank and an ambassador to the Court of St. James's under President Eisenhower.
From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2020
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
Will they raise or lower it in the scale of estimation at the Court of St. James's?
From Wanderings in South America by Charles Waterton
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
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
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
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
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
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