Other famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . s thenenacting on the other side of the Channel, upon which LouisPhilippe, recollecting his own position with the revolutionists,threw himself on his knees and begged pardon of his royal unclefor having ever worn the tricoloured cockade. The famous library of Thomas Grenville had been intendedfor this room as a gift to the Duke. But the testator changedhis mind — possibly he feared his relatives impending ruin, andwithin a few of his death (at the advanced age of 91,in 1846) he, by a codicil to his will, bequeathed his entire libr
Other famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . s thenenacting on the other side of the Channel, upon which LouisPhilippe, recollecting his own position with the revolutionists,threw himself on his knees and begged pardon of his royal unclefor having ever worn the tricoloured cockade. The famous library of Thomas Grenville had been intendedfor this room as a gift to the Duke. But the testator changedhis mind — possibly he feared his relatives impending ruin, andwithin a few of his death (at the advanced age of 91,in 1846) he, by a codicil to his will, bequeathed his entire library—then valued at ^50,000 — to the nation. This was the mostmunificent gift — with the exception of George —ever madeto the British Museum. The Chapel, with cedar wainscotting and some fine piecesof Grinling Gibbonss carving, the Music-room, copied from theLoggia of Raphael at Rome, the State Bedroom and Dressing-room, are also well worth a visit. Part of the cedar wainscottingin the Chapel came from a Spanish prize and was presented by. 347 348 Stowe the Earl of Bath to the Cornish Grenvilles to fit up a Chapel ontheir property. Sir Bevil Grenville, killed at Lansdowne in theCivil Wars, belonged to this branch of the Grenville Stowe in Cornvv^all was pulled down, Lord Cobhampurchased this cedar wainscotting for the Chapel he was buildingin his palace. The ceiling is copied from the Chapel Royal, The colours of the First Provisional Battalion of Militia(which, under the command of the first Duke of Buckingham,volunteered for service with Wellington), placed in this Chapel,were not sold in 1848. Since the tenancy of the. Comtesse de Paris expired, Stowehas been shut up, tenantless and deserted. But, in spite ofdesolation, the shadow of past grandeur lingers yet, and in allseasons the Park and gardens are beautiful. Especially beautifulare they in spring, when the woods are carpeted with violets andprimroses, with the delicate fronds of fern
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