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 | Art Treasure of London: Before it became government Offices late in the last century, the Scottish Office in Whitehall had had three aristocratic owners- Frederick, Duke of York, the first Viscount Melbourne and Lord Dover. In 1812, the house was at the centre of a great scandal. Melbourne's son, William Lamb (later the Victorian Prime Minister), his neurotic wife and their baby boy lived on the upper floors. Here, in the room behind the Venetian window overlooking Horse Guards Parade, began an affair which rocked society and has proved fascinating ever since. Lady Caroline Lamb was visited by the poet she had contrived to meet some days earlier. Her liaison with the ,mad, bad and dangerous to know' Lord Byron was the talk of the town, more because of Caroline's 'wild and imprudent' behaviour than Byron's reputation as an insatiable lover. click to open  |  | Art treasures of London: This lion is one of innumerable domestic, wild and sometimes extinct creatures that occupy every cranny on the Natural History Museum in South Kensington. The flora and fauna, and a profusion of gargoyles, were carved on to capitals, friezes, arches and towers, and represent different aspects of the great collections housed inside the museum. click to open |
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