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Pall Mall was one of the first streets in London to have gas lighting. Pall Mall was the location of the War Office from 1855 to 1906, [23] with which it became synonymous (just as Whitehall refers to the administrative centre of the UK government). The War Office was accommodated in a complex of buildings based on the ducal mansion, Cumberland ...
Pall Mall ad from The Elks Magazine, 1925. The Pall Mall brand was introduced in 1899 by the Black Butler Company (UK) in an attempt to cater to the upper class with the first "premium" cigarette. It is named after Pall Mall, a well-known street in the St James's area of London, containing several of the private clubs which such people patronized.
Pall-mall, paille-maille, palle-maille, pell-mell, or palle-malle (/ ˈpælˈmæl /, / ˈpɛlˈmɛl /, also US: / ˈpɔːlˈmɔːl / [1][2]) is a lawn game (though primarily played on earth surfaces rather than grass) that was mostly played in the 16th and 17th centuries. [3] It is considered a precursor to croquet.
Marlborough House. Marlborough House, a Grade I listed [1] mansion on The Mall in St James's, City of Westminster, London, is the headquarters of the Commonwealth of Nations and the seat of the Commonwealth Secretariat. It is adjacent to St James's Palace. The house was built in 1711 for Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, the favourite ...
The Mall (/ ˈmæl / [1]) is a ceremonial route and roadway in the City of Westminster, central London, that travels 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) between Buckingham Palace at its western end and Trafalgar Square via Admiralty Arch to the east. Along the north side of The Mall is green space and St. James's Palace with other official buildings, and to ...
The Pall Mall Gazette was an evening newspaper founded in London on 7 February 1865 by George Murray Smith; its first editor was Frederick Greenwood. In 1921, The Globe merged into The Pall Mall Gazette, which itself was absorbed into The Evening Standard in 1923. Beginning late in 1868 and continuing at least through the 1880s, a selection or ...
Website. thetravellersclub.org.uk. The Travellers Club is a private gentlemen's club situated at 106 Pall Mall in London, United Kingdom. It is the oldest of the surviving Pall Mall clubs, established in 1819, and is one of the most exclusive. It was described as "the quintessential English gentleman's club" by the Los Angeles Times in 2004.
Pall Mall, London, a street in the City of Westminster, London. Pall Mall, a long-running farm near Tywyn, Gwynedd, Wales, named after the London street. Pall Mall, Tennessee, a small unincorporated community in Fentress County, Tennessee. Pall Mall (Bendigo), urban downtown area of Bendigo, Australia.