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Dover House

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for several years from 1941 onwards. In 1946 the Glasgow Herald speculated that "It will not be many years before the building will be put to demolition and new Government offices raised on the site." It was still in use by the Colonial Office when Zionist terrorists planted a bomb there in April
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famously had an affair. Its most notable feature is an entrance hall in the form of a rotunda inserted into the former forecourt by Holland, which is a unique entrance to a London mansion. The last private owners were the family of the Whig politician
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with Dover House remaining as its chief London building. The Scotland Office also has a Scottish headquarters, on Melville Crescent in
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Plans of basement and ground floor as initially built for Sir Matthew Featherstonehaugh, Bart.
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Dover House entry from The DiCamillo Database of British & Irish Country Houses
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The Agar-Ellis heirs owned Dover House from 1830 to 1885, when it became the
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Although mostly used for the Scottish Office, this building was used by the
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Grade I listed buildings in the City of Westminster
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Terror Through Time, Part 6 – The Murderous Mandate
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Whitehall
Neoclassical
London
SW1
Whitehall
Coordinates
51°30′15″N 0°7′37″W / 51.50417°N 0.12694°W / 51.50417; -0.12694
Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland
Independent Commission for Aid Impact
Sir Matthew Fetherstonhaugh, Bart.
James Paine
Henry Flitcroft
Henry Holland
Grade I-listed
Whitehall
Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland
Office of the Advocate General for Scotland
Independent Commission for Aid Impact
James Paine
London townhouse
Sir Matthew Fetherstonhaugh
Bart.
MP
Henry Flitcroft
George Montagu, created 1st Duke of Montagu
Bloomsbury
Henry Holland
Frederick, Duke of York
Melbourne family

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