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Contents 1 Lady Mary 2 Photo 3 Family propaganda? 4 "Souring" of the hand-over 5 Origin of the name 6 Front view photo

[edit] Lady Mary

One question:

For two years the unfortunate Lady Mary languished at Chequers, although probably, not in too much discomfort. The cell where she slept from 1556 to 1567 is still kept as it was...

The dates in this passage don't seem to match -- how long was she there? Catherine | talk 00:09, 26 May 2004 (UTC)

Initially it said 1667 which would be 111 years! I don't know, ask Ragussa, whose addition it was. -- Graham :) | Talk 09:52, 26 May 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Photo

The photo currently illustrating the article Image:Chequers.jpg was apparently yoinked from a BBC webpage, and has been listed on Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images. If someone can find a replacement image it would be appreciated-- preferably public domain or GFDL. -- Infrogmation 12:25, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Family propaganda?

Who on Earth inserted the following?

Arthur and Ruth Lee, by this time Lord and Lady Lee of Farnham, left Chequers on 8th January 1921. They departed with bitter hearts after a dinner at the house, Lady Lee in tears, as a political disagreement with Lloyd George just before the hand-over had rather soured relations between them and the first recipient.

The Lees had truly loved Chequers, and their munificence has doubtless been appreciated by many Prime Ministers and their families ever since.

The tone is grossly innappropriate due to its over-familiar and rather fawning style. It almost sounds like it was written by a family member as an act of vanity. I'm editing most of this out and replacing it with hard facts. Polocrunch 21:42, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

• I think you will find it was Norma Major in her book of Chequers. I wonder who on earth wrote: "I don't like research very much, but sometimes on rainy days I might do a little.", sounds like you need a monsoon. Giano | talk 21:58, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Souring" of the hand-over

Towards the end of the article appears the line:

"A recent political disagreement between the Lees and Prime Minister Lloyd George soured the hand-over."

Considering Lloyd George ceased to be Prime minster in 1922 and indeed died in 1945, I think referring to this uncited event as "A recent political disagreement" is a bit odd. Also, no details are given about this "souring" of the hand-over and as mentioned, no citation is provided. I think either further details need to be provided or the line should be removed. Canderra 15:13, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Origin of the name

I would suggest that the name could also have originated from the presence of Chequers Trees in the grounds / surroundings, which historically were much more common than now. A simpler explanation than the one given in the article. The tree also gave the name 'Chequers' to many country pubs - see [1] [2] 80.42.80.76 15:23, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

The origin given is the one given in the official history of the Manor by Norma Major. -- Roleplayer 22:14, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Front view photo

Are we in the clear using this under fair use? After all, we do have a free photo, and I would have thought that makes our position weaker than if there were no free images of Chequers available. I'm not altogether sure that the fact that the front-view photo simply displays an aspect of the house we can't otherwise obtain is good enough. Loganberry (Talk) 02:19, 28 August 2007 (UTC)