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Here's one set by my lady wife, because I can't think of anything.

 

She works with books so:

 

Who wrote "The Once and Future King" about Arthur, King of the Britons ("King of the who?")?

 

Bonus points for where "King of the who?" comes from.

Rudyard Kipling?

 

(Am I showing my age?)

(And is the 'King of the who?' reference something to do with Spamalot?)

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Don't know who wrote the book but I have it on good authority that King Arthur and his Knights are sleeping in a cave up on Alderley Edge, waiting to charge out and save England, should the dire need arise!!

They are indeed... And the edge did seem to be very important at some time.

 

Of course there's also...

 

"They're coarse and they act obscene up the Edge on Hallowe'en"

 

...Knutsford Scabby women.

 

Ref: Macc Lads

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Time for a clue?

 

His surname's a colour, the colour Saruman had and Gandalf took from him....

 

...White

 

no idea on first name though

 

Ding! T H White.

 

Over to you.

 

Thanks - Didn't expect the Ding for half an answer!

 

Staying with a literary them: who famously lived at 32 Windsor Gardens, London?

 

Pete

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Time for a clue?

 

His surname's a colour, the colour Saruman had and Gandalf took from him....

 

...White

 

no idea on first name though

 

Ding! T H White.

 

Over to you.

Thanks - Didn't expect the Ding for half an answer!

 

Staying with a literary them: who famously lived at 32 Windsor Gardens, London?

 

Pete

Paddington?

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Time for a clue?

 

His surname's a colour, the colour Saruman had and Gandalf took from him....

 

...White

 

no idea on first name though

 

Ding! T H White.

 

Over to you.

Thanks - Didn't expect the Ding for half an answer!

 

Staying with a literary them: who famously lived at 32 Windsor Gardens, London?

 

Pete

Paddington?

 

DING! yes indeed, one of my faves....

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Deputy PM?

Downing Street has been the home of Lords of the Treasury since the 18th century when Walpole persuaded Mr Chicken to give up No 10. The 'formal' title of the Prime Minister is First Lord of the Treasury. 'Prime Minister' was AFAICT a partly flippant title that Walpole gave himself but it's stuck and First Lords of the Treasury have been called that ever since. The Chancellor of the Exchequer is Second Lord of the Treasury. So we have the First Lord at No 10; the Second at No 11; and so No 12 should be the residence of the Third Lord of the Treasury, if that post still exists.

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Deputy PM?

Downing Street has been the home of Lords of the Treasury since the 18th century when Walpole persuaded Mr Chicken to give up No 10. The 'formal' title of the Prime Minister is First Lord of the Treasury. 'Prime Minister' was AFAICT a partly flippant title that Walpole gave himself but it's stuck and First Lords of the Treasury have been called that ever since. The Chancellor of the Exchequer is Second Lord of the Treasury. So we have the First Lord at No 10; the Second at No 11; and so No 12 should be the residence of the Third Lord of the Treasury, if that post still exists.

Don't think there is a third lord... but you're on the right lines.

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Deputy PM?

Downing Street has been the home of Lords of the Treasury since the 18th century when Walpole persuaded Mr Chicken to give up No 10. The 'formal' title of the Prime Minister is First Lord of the Treasury. 'Prime Minister' was AFAICT a partly flippant title that Walpole gave himself but it's stuck and First Lords of the Treasury have been called that ever since. The Chancellor of the Exchequer is Second Lord of the Treasury. So we have the First Lord at No 10; the Second at No 11; and so No 12 should be the residence of the Third Lord of the Treasury, if that post still exists.

Don't think there is a third lord... but you're on the right lines.

 

Chief whip?

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Deputy PM?

Downing Street has been the home of Lords of the Treasury since the 18th century when Walpole persuaded Mr Chicken to give up No 10. The 'formal' title of the Prime Minister is First Lord of the Treasury. 'Prime Minister' was AFAICT a partly flippant title that Walpole gave himself but it's stuck and First Lords of the Treasury have been called that ever since. The Chancellor of the Exchequer is Second Lord of the Treasury. So we have the First Lord at No 10; the Second at No 11; and so No 12 should be the residence of the Third Lord of the Treasury, if that post still exists.

Don't think there is a third lord... but you're on the right lines.

 

Chief whip?

DING!

 

This was the first right answer... got myself very confused

 

Chief Whip

Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury

The Rt Hon Patrick McLoughlin MP

 

His offices are in number 9, which doesn't appear as a residence... number 12 is the PM's press office, with a flat above for the (government) chief whip

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