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James's Fields, the free- hold of which he obtained from the Crown in 1665. Charles the Second, who was largely responsible for the growth of the new build- ings in this quarter of the town, was born in St. James's Palace in 1630, when, as the astrologers duly noted, the star of Venus, appropriately enough, as the sequel was to show, was in the ascendant. He lived, as everyone knows, for the most part at Whitehall, but he retained an affection for the place of his birth, and greatly increased t...he amenities of that ancient home of royalty. * Nos. 9, 10, and 11 of the present numbering of the square. 20 STAFFORD HOUSE Fond of exercising his dogs and feeding his ducks in the adjoining park, he could also hold his own with the best players of the game from which Pall Mall derives its name. Before Marlborough House was built the gardens attached to St. James's Palace were of much greater extent, reaching as they did eastward as far as Prince Rupert's house at the Spring Gardens end of the Mall.
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