St. James Infirmary Blues London's St. James Hospital, a religious foundation for the treatment of leprosy. His references list an article by Kenneth Lodewick. That article states, giving no reference or source for the idea, that the phrase "St. James Hospital" refers to a hospital of that name in London. There is some difficulty in this because the hospital in question closed in 1532 when Henry VIII acquired the land to build St James's Palace. Another possibility suggested by Higginbotham on the basis of his claim that the song "St. James Infirmary" dates at least from the early nineteenth century, is the Infirmary section
James Eyre (British Army officer) Household Division and General Officer Commanding London District in 1983 and retired in 1986. In retirement be became a headhunter with "Westminster Associates International". In 1967 he married Monica Smyth: they went on to have a son and a daughter. James Eyre (British Army officer) Major General Sir James Ainsworth Campden Gabriel Eyre, (2 November 1930 – 3 January 2003) was a senior British Army officer, who served as Major-General Commanding the Household Division and General Officer Commanding London District from 1983 until his retirement in 1986. Educated privately in the United States and at Harvard University, Eyre was commissioned