\paperw3360 \margr0\margl0\ATXph16380 \plain \fs20 \f1 \fs22 During its heyday in the nineteenth century, Holland House was a noted centre of social and political intrigue. Stat
esmen such as Lord Palmerston, British Premier and keen advocate of the Crimean War, used to meet here with the likes of the poet, Lord Byron, always keen to be in the right place at the right time. \par