… sociability (Summerson 149). The square was frequented by the Beau Monde and became ‘one of the most prestigious town addresses.’ This ‘ensured that high-ranking peers, key political figures, aspiring politicians, their extended families, … was crowded with the carriages of the ladies and gentlemen walking in the Mall, ‘the ladies with their heads in full dress and the gentlemen carrying their hats under their arms,’ noted a contemporary. 12 12 . Recollections of the … February 1756 . The Times , no. 1284 (6 February 1789).* In the DIGIT.EN.S Anthology Saint James's (1756) New Fasion Dress, 1789 … St James’s refers to an urban area located in what we know as the West End of London, more precisely in the …