HAMILTON HOUSE
HISTORIC SETTING FOR FASHION SHOW Hamilton House, the London headquarters of the British Man-Made Fibres Federation, was a fitting setting for the Royal dress show, which was attended by the Queen, the Queen Mother, and Princess Margaret. The building is on the site once given by Charles II to his fellow exile. James Hamilton. The notorious Duke of Queensbury also lived there, and since much that is bad has been recorded against him one good deed he did shbuld be remembered—from Hamilton House he sent a hot dinner every day to Lady Hamilton, who fell on hard times after the death of Nelson, and who lived in Clarges street, close by.
Since those days, states “The Retailer of New Zealand.” Hamilton House has known many important tenants, including the Duchess of Devonshire, who rented a part of it to Lord Byron and who during his tenancy wrote “The Bridge of Corinth” and “Parasina” there.
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Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27894, 16 February 1956, Page 2
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