She bequeathed the neo-Georgian pile for use as the residence of American ambassadors to the Court of St James's.

ECONOMIST: The nicest house in London

He did not, however, buy his ambassadorship to the Court of St James, the appointment that probably brought him more respectability than any other, and certainly more pleasure.

ECONOMIST: Walter Annenberg

This was in 1919, when his father was Polish ambassador to the Court of St James, but the connection with Britain went back to his grandfather, who had served in the British army, and continued through the English governess who accompanied the family back to Poland and brought him up.

ECONOMIST: Memoirs