NO. 11 DOWNING STREET
No. 11 Downing Street, which is or was until lately occupicd by Mr. Lloyd George, does not seem to have received anything liko that formal dedication which sanctified No. 10 in English history. No. 10 was offered by George II to Sir Robert Walpole, who refused it as a personal gift, but acccpted it as a perquisite to the offico of First Lord of tho Treasury. No. II seems, on tho other hand, to liavo slipped into its destiny. It was acquired for Government offices, and gradually became tho recognised of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. It has, however, boon "lent" a good deal to other Ministers. No. 11 Downing Street was Mr. Gladstone's first 'official residence. Ho moved in in 1853, and had a slightly peppery correspondence' with Mr. Disraeli'about tho valuation of 'tho furniture. Mr: Herbert Gladstono (tho present Viscount Gladstono) was bom iu tho house, and when tho Liberal Government camo in at tho end of 1906 Mr. Herbert Gladstone took it from Mr. Asquith, to whom it fell as Chancellor of t-lio Exchequer. In later years two of Mr. Gladstone's 'private secretaries lived in the house, but Sir Stafford Northcoto occupiM it as Chancellor of tho Exchequer from 1874 till 1880, and . Sir William Harcowt from 1892 till 1895. Tho house has been much enlarged, notably in ! 1879 and' 1880, when it was improved with a largo room for banquets.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19161228.2.8
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2962, 28 December 1916, Page 3
Word count
Tapeke kupu
238NO. 11 DOWNING STREET Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2962, 28 December 1916, Page 3
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.