Back Loĝejo de graco kaj favoro Esperanto Casas de Gracia y Favor Spanish Casa de graça e favor Portuguese
A grace-and-favour home is a residential property owned by a monarch, government, or other owner and leased rent-free to a person as part of the perquisites of their employment, or in gratitude for services rendered.[1]
Usage of the term is chiefly British.[1] In the United Kingdom, these homes are mostly owned by the Crown or a charity and, in modern times, are often within the gift of the prime minister. Most of these properties are taxed as a "benefit in kind", although this status does not apply to Downing Street or any home granted for security purposes, such as the residence of the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.[2] They are at times granted to senior politicians.[3]
It is possible that the term crept into English through the writings of Niccolò Machiavelli, who wrote of advisers who are ministers per grazia e concessione, which has been translated as "through grace and favour".[4]
- ^ a b "grace and favour". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/OED/5766302130. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
- ^ Stone-Lee, Ollie (1 June 2006). "What are grace-and-favour homes?". BBC News.
- ^ "Critics welcome Dorneywood move". BBC News. June 2006.
- ^ Rossiter, William T. (2014). Wyatt Abroad: Tudor Diplomacy and the Translation of Power. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell & Brewer Ltd. p. 192. ISBN 9781843843887.
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