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Ottawa Canada: 1930 Letter from Hyacinthe Lambart VINE LYNNE, 7 RIDEAU GATE

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    Ottawa Canada: 1930 Letter from Hyacinthe Lambart VINE LYNNE, 7 RIDEAU GATE
    Hyacinthe was apparently the wife of Ocatvius Henry Lambart, a son the Earl of Cavan. They lived there until 1934. This letter is to a US diplomat La Verne Baldwin, who was U.S. vice consul from 1927-29, after which he was re-assigned to the Colombian Legation in Santa Marta. The two obviously had a friendly relationship, and she was writing to him to get a bit caught up, having not corresponded in at least 6 months. Embossed stationery for the house, measures about 18 x 11.5 cm, folded. written on 4 sides (two are shown). Letter condition very good, envelope good.
    7 Rideau Gate is the Canadian government's official guest house for distinguished visitors, such as heads of government and high-level officials of foreign governments. The house is located in Ottawa, Ontario, near other official residences such as Rideau Hall and 24 Sussex Drive.
    Designed by architect Alan Keefer, the house was built in 1862 by Henry Osgoode Burritt, an Ottawa woollen mill owner. Burritt sold the house in 1873, for the sum of ,000, to Philemon Wetherall Wright, who named the house Edgewood, in acknowledgement of its location then at the edge of the town. The Wrights departed Edgewood three years later, leaving it vacant until, in 1884, it was purchased by Octavius Henry Lambart, a son the Earl of Cavan. The Lambarts remained in the house until 1934, it passing to Octavius' son, Frederick Howard John Lambart.
    Commodore Percy W. Nelles, Chief of Staff of the Royal Canadian Navy, became the occupant of 7 Rideau Gate in 1947. He renovated the house to remove its verandas and gut its Victorian interiors. The last private owner was Thomas Franklin Ahearn (son of the inventor Thomas Ahearn), who further altered the structure by removing the roof walk and adding exterior shutters, a sunroom on the east side of the original building, and a wing on the west side. Ahearn's daughter Lilias, who grew up in the house, would later become the châtelaine of Rideau Hall during her father-in-law Vincent Massey's term as Governor General of Canada.
    The property was acquired by the Crown in 1966. The house was, with the assistance of the Canadiana Fund, restored and renovated in 1989 to reinstate historical features, as well as to upgrade the guest facilities. Art and furniture from the National Capital Commission's (NCC) Official Residences Crown Collection is used throughout, as are pieces donated by the Lambart family.
    7 Rideau Gate is employed as a guest house for heads of state and other high-level foreign officials visiting Canada in an official capacity.
    And La Verne Baldwin:
    Baldwin, La Verne (b. 1890) — Born in Cortland, Cortland County, N.Y., August 2, 1890. U.S. Vice Consul in Ottawa, 1927-29; Santa Marta, 1929-32; U.S. Consul in Geneva, 1938; Madrid, 1943. Burial location unknown.
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