Ambassadors to Britain are officially ambassadors to the Court of St. James's.
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In “The Ambassador: Joseph P. Kennedy at the Court of St. James’s, 1938-1940,” Susan Ronald fashions a portrait of the ambitious Kennedy that brings to mind the mythological figure Icarus.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 13, 2021
They lived in London, where Mr. Canfield was private secretary to Winthrop Aldrich, the United States ambassador to the Court of St. James’s.
From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2019
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 Waterton, Charles
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 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" by Various
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 MacLean, J. P. (John Patterson)
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
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 Giles, Herbert Allen
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
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