Wellington House
51°29′57″N 0°08′16″W / 51.499096246186035°N 0.1378205425902966°W
| Wellington House | |
| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 5 September 1914 |
| Dissolved | February 1918 |
| Superseding agency | |
| Headquarters | Wellington House, Buckingham Gate, Westminster, London metropolitan area, S.W.1. |
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Wellington House is the more common name for Britain's War Propaganda Bureau, which operated during the First World War from Wellington House, a building at the corner of Petty France (formerly York Street) and Buckingham Gate (formerly James Street), in Westminster, London metropolitan area, which was the headquarters of the National Insurance Commission before the War. The Bureau, which operated under the supervision of the Foreign Office, was mainly directed at foreign targets, including Allied nations and neutral countries, especially (until 1917) the United States. The building itself has since been demolished, and its former site is now occupied by a block of flats that carries the same name.