Word: cholmondeley
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...once quipped about the House, "is a poor guide compared with custom." And that, in fact, is just the trouble. By an act of 1536, Westminster "is reputed and called the King's Palace at Westminster forever." Its administrative head is the Lord Great Chamberlain, the Marquess of Cholmondeley, who declares that "my first duty is to the sovereign who appointed me," his second to the palace, and his third to doing what he can for M.P.s...
...years, conservative, sporting George Horatio Charles Cholmondeley (rhymes with glumly), fifth Marquess of Cholmondeley and Joint Hereditary Lord Great Chamberlain of England, has sat silent in Britain's House of Lords. Last week, in the face of a growing national menace, he could maintain his peace no longer. "At long last," the 72-year-old Lord told his peers, "I have been brought to my feet by the wish to do something about the rabbit." Rabbits, his lordship insisted, must be exterminated. However, he said, "the only way a rabbit can meet a decent death is to come...
Convey if you please, the Greetings of Chicago's Chancellary fans to Lord Cholmondeley and Lord Cockrell for their good work in a renaissance of fine writing. Also to Aubiey West for his research and promotional efforts...
...Aubrey West's opinion, the world has never done better than chancery. Today there is a solid group of distinguished Britons who want to return to it. Under the leadership of such enthusiasts as Sir Sydney Cockerell, former director of Cambridge University's Fitzwilliam Museum, and Lord Cholmondeley (pronounced Chumley), Lord Great Chamberlain for Edward VIII, West believes that Britons may soon be writing a fine Italian hand once again. Among the modern models they could imitate...
...Lord Cholmondeley, who once wrote like this...