The life and letters of James Wolfe . t when the third Earl rebuilt the house he cut off the gardens where thethoroughfare called Burlington Gardens now exists, and by virtue of an Actof Parliament (1717-18) laid out the ground known as Ten Acres Field inbuilding plots. Queensberry House, on the site of Uxbridge House (now the Bank ofEngland), was one of tlie first buildings (1721). It is probable that thegardens were cut off before this, because Vigo Street ran on to Bond Streetand was known as Vigo Lane. As the Battle of \igo was fought in 1702, thename must have been given when the victory
The life and letters of James Wolfe . t when the third Earl rebuilt the house he cut off the gardens where thethoroughfare called Burlington Gardens now exists, and by virtue of an Actof Parliament (1717-18) laid out the ground known as Ten Acres Field inbuilding plots. Queensberry House, on the site of Uxbridge House (now the Bank ofEngland), was one of tlie first buildings (1721). It is probable that thegardens were cut off before this, because Vigo Street ran on to Bond Streetand was known as Vigo Lane. As the Battle of \igo was fought in 1702, thename must have been given when the victory was fresh in public memory. Old Burlington Street was called Nowell Street in 1729, but in 173-3 hadbecome Great Burlington Street—New Burlington Street was originally LittleBurlington Street. Burlington House always fronted Piccadilly (with alarge forecourt and wall). I remember the old gardens at the back whichextended to Burlington Gardens. The \Volfe mansion might well be indi-cated by a Tablet, as a place of historic EDWARD AVOLFEFrom the portrait Ijy Tliornhill, in the poss(ssion of Bcclics IVillxon, Esq., IVesterliam IN HOLLAND AGAIN 71 present was hardly equal to fitting him out for the Netherlands,and his usually liberal father told him flatly, what he wrote tothe Duke of Bedford, that in consequence of his Inspector-Generalship of Marines he was in a worse position than any manwho had the honour of having a regiment in His Majestys service. ^But this was probably in a manner of speaking. Wolfe got all heneeded, and after some weeks in town sailed with his regiment forHolland early in January 1747. To HIS Father. Camp near Breda, Feb. 15, 1747. Dear Sir,—There is such a dearth at present of everythingnew and entertaining, it seems no easy task to fill a letter; atleast to give it such a turn as may please. We military men,dont accustom ourselves to moral topics, or seldom entertain oneanother with subjects which are out of the common role,
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