Etiquette, Secrecy for Hosting Royals

Son of the Gilded Age financier, banking executive and philanthropist, John Pierpoint Morgan, Jack (J.P. Morgan Jr.) “developed a close relationship with King George VI, whom he first knew as Albert. Jack spent his summers in the United Kingdom, splitting his time between London, Hertfordshire, and Scotland. In 1914, Jack and his friend Eric Hambro, a British banker and politician, purchased a hunting lodge, Gannochy, in Scotland. Albert and Elizabeth, the future King and Queen of England, were frequent visitors to Gannochy. Thanks to the guest book that was maintained at the house, we can track the visits of the Royal family from 1934 to 1939. The couple often visited for a week in August to participate in the start of the grouse hunting season, and was usually accompanied by extended family, such as the Elphinstones and the Bowes-Lyons.” – From the JP Morgan Chase & Co. Alumni Network website, Cropped photograph of J.P. Morgan Jr. at a 1917 war bond parade. –Public domain image 

Morgan Menu for Royalty Secret

GANNOCHY LODGE, ELZELL, Scotland (AP)

King George and Queen Elizabeth enjoyed another outdoor picnic lunch today with an American host.

Last June 11, President and Mrs. Roosevelt entertained the Royal couple at Hyde Park, N. Y., with a picnic which introduced their majesties to “hot dogs”, an American staple separate and distinct from the sausage rolls of England.

Today their host was J. P. Morgan, whose house guests they are for several days of grouse shooting. The King and the banker were out early in sparkling sunshine with their guns and their game beaters. The Queen joined them on the heathery slopes at noon.

Servants spread a bountiful lunch from picnic hampers. The menu? That was a secret of the Morgan household. – San Pedro News Pilot, August, 1939

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