They were granted a plot of land in the area known at the time as La Turba where the poorer people of Gibraltar lived.

He received complaints that as head of the Church of England he should visit a Roman Catholic institution like The Convent.

A guard mount takes place at the main entrance a few days a week conducted by soldiers of the Royal Gibraltar Regiment.

[citation needed] The convent is supposedly haunted by the ghost of a nun, known as "Lady in Grey"[2][9] who is said to roam the corridor outside one of the guest rooms.

[10] There are various versions of the "Grey Lady" story,[11] the most popular being that she was the daughter of an affluent Spanish family who had married against her father's wishes.

When he learnt of it, he placed her in the "Convent of Santa Clara" situated in the Main Street, where under the eyes of the Mother Superior, the girl was forced to take her vows and become a nun.