Other famous homes of Great Britain and their stories (1902)
Malan, A[lfred] H[enry], [from old catalog] ed · New York and London, G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 380
e, 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 IV.s—ever madeto the British Museum. The Chapel, with cedar wainscotting and some fine piecesof Grinling Gibbonss carving, the… … 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 family.When Stowe in Cornvv^all was pulled down, Lord Cobhampurchased this cedar wainscotting for the…
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