. More famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . man could not long be constant to anyband of political allies. He must not, however, be confoundedwith the vulgar crowd of renegades. For though, like them, hepassed from side to side, his transition was always in the direc-tion opposite to theirs. ... To his lasting honour it mustbe mentioned that he attempted to save those victims whose fatehas left the deepest stain both on the Whig and on the Toryname. Lord Halifax was succeeded by his son, Lord Eland, whomarried a daughter of the Earl of Nottingham, but leaving no sonthe marquisate
. More famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . man could not long be constant to anyband of political allies. He must not, however, be confoundedwith the vulgar crowd of renegades. For though, like them, hepassed from side to side, his transition was always in the direc-tion opposite to theirs. ... To his lasting honour it mustbe mentioned that he attempted to save those victims whose fatehas left the deepest stain both on the Whig and on the Toryname. Lord Halifax was succeeded by his son, Lord Eland, whomarried a daughter of the Earl of Nottingham, but leaving no sonthe marquisate became extinct, and his cousin, Sir John Savile,succeeded to the estates and the baronetcy. The eighth and last Baronet was the celebrated Sir GeorgeSavile, who in five successive Parliaments represented the countyof York. He died unmarried in 1784. His sister, Barbara Savile,married, in the Chapel at Rufford, Richard, fourth Earl of Scar-borough, and to their younger son, John Lumley-Savile, SirGeorge bequeathed his Rufford and Yorkshire estates. THE GRAND STAIRCASE, RUFFORD ABBEY 245 246 IRufforfc abbes Lumley-Savile ultimately succeeded to the earldom of Scar-borough, and was the great-grandfather of the present owner. George IV., when Prince of Wales, paid a visit to this visit Charles Dibdin, the poet, who had accompaniedhis Royal Highness as Master of the Ceremonies, wrote his cele-brated song, The Woodman s Stroke, after having witnessed thefelling of an oak in the park. The principal approach to Rufford Abbey is by the lodge onthe Nottingham road. A fine stone gateway, surmounted by thearms of the family, opens on a once grand avenue of limes. Theyhave, alas ! suffered severely in the gales of recent years, andmore than one of these decrepit old giants now depends on thedoubtful support of his neighbour. As you descend this avenuethe west front of the house gradually becomes visible, with itsquaint gables and mullioned windows. This is the decayed fr
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