Lord Curzon of Kedleston has resigned the Lord Wardenship of the Cinque Ports, the reason being, it is understood, because he cannot fulfil the condition of residence at Walmer Castle which has hitherto attached to the office, and the Prince of Wales has been appointed in his place. The announcement was received with some surprise, and there were some who did not altogether approve of an office wl: ich has usually been conferred as a reward for great services to the State becoming a sort of Royal appanage. But there are several precedents for giving the office to a Royal prince, the earliest being in the case of Henry V, who was made Lord Warden when Prince of Wales. The condition of enforced residence is now removed, and the historical rooms, including those con-secreted by the use and containing the relics of the Iron Duke, are to be thrown open to the public. The residential quarters are, however, to be retained, and it is expected that they will, be used as a holiday house for the Prince's children. Locally the appointment is, of course, welcomed with enthusiasm,
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