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===1913 suffragette terror attack===
{{see also|Suffragette bombing and arson campaign}}
An attempt was made to destroy the grounds in 1913, during the [[suffragette bombing and arson campaign]]. The [[suffragettes]], as part of their campaign for women's votes before the First World War, had begun carrying out politically motivated [[arson]] and bombings across the country.<ref>{{cite news |title=Suffragettes, violence and militancy |url=https://www.bl.uk/votes-for-women/articles/suffragettes-violence-and-militancy |access-date=25 September 2021 |work=British Library |archive-date=10 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210910203912/https://www.bl.uk/votes-for-women/articles/suffragettes-violence-and-militancy |url-status=live }}</ref> On the night of 27 February 1913, a suffragette woman "between the ages of 30–35" was arrested within the grounds, after being spotted by a groundsman climbing over a hedge at around midnight.<ref name="Kay">{{cite journal |last1=Kay |first1=Joyce |title=It Wasn't Just Emily Davison! Sport, Suffrage and Society in Edwardian Britain |journal=The International Journal of the History of Sport |date=2008 |volume=25 |issue=10 |page=1342 |doi=10.1080/09523360802212271 |s2cid=154063364 |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09523360802212271 |access-date=25 September 2021 |archive-date=25 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210925163025/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09523360802212271 |url-status=live }}</ref> She was found to have with her some [[kerosene|paraffin]] and wood shavings, for the purpose of setting fires in the grounds.<ref name="Kay"/> The woman refused to give her name or any information to the police and was later sentenced to two months' imprisonment.<ref name="Kay"/>