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Whitehall¹ Definition

White·hall (hwīt′hôl′, wīt′-)

noun

  1. former royal palace in Westminster, London, destroyed by fire (1698)
  2. the British government

Whitehall² Definition

White·hall (hwīt′hôl′, wīt′-)

street in Westminster, south of Trafalgar Square: site of several government offices

Whitehall Quotes

I went out to Charing Cross to see Major-General Harrison hanged, drawn and quarteredöwhich was done thereöhe looking as cheerfully as any man could do in that condition† Thus it was my chance to see the King beheaded at Whitehall and to see the first blood shed in revenge for the blood of the King at Charing Cross.

—Pepys, Samuel

You must not miss Whitehall. At one end you will find a statue of one of our kings who was beheaded; at the other, a monument tothemanwho did it.That isjust one example of our attempts to be fair to everybody.

—Appleton, Sir Edward Victor

Different rhymes for different times Different styles for different climes Someday them rogues in Whitehall Be forced to change their tune.

—Brodber, Erna

I have learnt from bitter experience that when the armchair theorists and the Whitehall generals start talking of a surgical war, it is time to run for cover.

—Ashdown, Baron