"Richard J." wrote in message ...
Terry Harper wrote:
"Mait001" wrote in message
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I agree that "St. James' " or "St. James's" is a matter of debate.
It is considered better practice to omit the additional "s",
although I would not agree that it is grammatically wrong to include
it.

Why do I say "better practice"? Because it is The Queen's English
and Her Majesty's Court is known as the "Court of St. James' " and
not the Court of "St. James's". For example, Ambassadors are
appointed to "the Court of St. James' ", not "the Court of St.
James's" or even "the Court of St. James".

There is no apostrophe in "The Court of St James". St James in this
case is not the genitive case.

True, but that's not actually what they call it. It's "The Court of St
James's" in the Court Circular, and at www.royal.gov.uk. I assume it's
short for St James's Palace.

London Underground should be commended for using both spellings at
this station since, as this thread has proved, there is not a
generally accepted 'correct' usage - either spelling seems to be
acceptable. One might argue for a consistent spelling if there was
the possibility of confusing one place with another - but this does
not apply here.