Other famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . lfilmentof the duties of the high offices to which he was successivelyappointed, the last Duke of Buckingham and Chandos earned theadmiration of all and the gratitude of many. By his first wife he left three daughters, of whom the eldest,Lady Mary Morgan Grenville, succeeded to Stowe and the titleof Baroness Kinloss, while the Earldom of Temple passed to hisnephew, Mr. W. Stephen Gore Langton. The dukedom becameextinct. After the Dukes death his widowed Duchess and secondwife (Countess Temples sister) made a voyage round the world,and was
Other famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . lfilmentof the duties of the high offices to which he was successivelyappointed, the last Duke of Buckingham and Chandos earned theadmiration of all and the gratitude of many. By his first wife he left three daughters, of whom the eldest,Lady Mary Morgan Grenville, succeeded to Stowe and the titleof Baroness Kinloss, while the Earldom of Temple passed to hisnephew, Mr. W. Stephen Gore Langton. The dukedom becameextinct. After the Dukes death his widowed Duchess and secondwife (Countess Temples sister) made a voyage round the world,and was well known to Americans during the Columbus Fetesat Chicago. An account of the beauties of Stowe would fill volumes, buthere only the salient features can be described. A perfectlystraight avenue — two miles in length — leads from Buckinghamto the principal entrance, the Corinthian Arch, sixty feet this arch is obtained a magnificent view of the south frontof the house (a mile farther on), and of the Park, with its * See Note, page THE STATE DINING-ROOM, STOWE, SHOWING TAPESTRIES 339 340 Stowe stretches of green land, its gentle undulations, and its massesof trees. Here and there giant beeches (from which Bucks, assome say, derives its name) stand alone like forest kings. Awinding drive leads eastward from the Arch, eventually joiningan avenue four miles in length. The Gardens — four hundred acres in extent — even in theirneglected state are a marvel. Stowe Gardens from a distance look like a vast grove adornedwith obelisks, temples, andtowers. Kent, the fatherof modern gardening, was re-sponsible for the earliest effortsof Lord Cobham, who dis-covered Capability Brown,that king of landscape garden-ers. From a humble post atStowe, Brown rose until hewas head gardener at Windsor,and had discovered the capa-bilities of many of the oldhistoric places. It was he whofirst planned the sunk fencewhich encloses Stowe Gardens,yet does not mar the view. Walpole c
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