THE CAPITAL: The Laird of Mass. Avenue

Scotch & splash, haggis and heather are all close to the heart of canny Archibald Clark Kerr, first Baron Inverchapel of Loch Eck and imminent British ambassador to the U.S. On the high road to Washington this week, Lord Inverchapel had a youthful bagpiper of the Clan Maclean in his personal retinue. Henceforth, state occasions at the British Embassy will be stirred by the bonny skirl of 200-year-old Highland pipes.

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