Embassy of the United Kingdom, Washington, D.C. and the rest is currently occupied by the offices of the British Council. The British government was the first nation to build an embassy in the area that would later become known as Embassy Row. Outside the British ambassador's residence stands a statue of Sir Winston Churchill. One of the statue's feet is inside the marked embassy grounds; the other is within the District of Columbia. The embassy's website states that this symbolizes Churchill's Anglo-American parentage (his father was British, his mother American) and his status as an honorary citizen of the United States. The gardens of the ambassador's residence
British nationality law and the Republic of Ireland made claims to retain British subject status since 1949. More claims, albeit at a slower rate, have been lodged since 1980. Before 1983, anyone born in the UK other than the child of a diplomat was automatically British by birth. From 1 January 1983 an additional requirement was put in place that one parent must be a British citizen or 'settled' in the United Kingdom. Irish citizens are automatically deemed to be "settled" in the United Kingdom. Since 2 October 2000, this is a more favourable status than that given to citizens of other EU and EEA member states. This