Excursion 07i Wednesday, August \Mh. 13 



of George III., who conferred on him the barony of Tottenham. 



St. Katharine's Church was next visited and greatly admired by 

 all. This gem of a Church was built and enriched by Mary, Lady 

 Ailesbury, and her friends, and a still later proof of that benevolent 

 lady's munificence was visible in the new Vicarage in course of 

 erection close by. The late Lord Ailesbury's grave is in the church- 

 yard, and was visited by many. 



Savernake House was reached between one and two, p.m., and 

 here the Society received a most courteous and hospitable reception 

 from Lord Ailesbury and his two sons. Lord Henry Bruce and Lord 

 Frederick Bruce. All were allowed to wander over the mansion 

 wherever they listed, and the magnificent paintings in the suite o£ 

 rooms on the ground-floor came in for their due share of admiration. 

 Lord Ailesbury entertained the numerous guests, about one hundred 

 and forty in number, at a sumptuous luncheon, served in the orangery, 

 by Mr. Carter, of the Ailesbury Arms Hotel, and it is needless to 

 say that this, after the morning's drive, was a most welcome portion 

 of the day's proceedings. 



Lord Ailesbury, having bidden all a hearty welcome to Savernake, 

 gave " The Queen." 



Sir John Lubbock asked to be allowed, in the name of the 

 Members of the Society, to express to Lord Ailesbury their warmest 

 thanks for the hospitality with which they had been received that 

 day, a hospitality the kindness and warmth of which they were 

 the better able to appreciate on account of the extraordinary and he 

 must say, most unscientific behaviour of the weather in the morning. 

 Lord Ailesbury told them on the previous day that he was not, like 

 the rest who were present, profoundly versed in the sciences of 

 archeology and natural history. They were sorry that he was not; 

 but when he went on to add that his presence among them was 

 owing to the interest which he felt in everything which conduced 

 to the pleasure of his friends and neighbours in Marlborough, he 

 was sure they felt all the more grateful to him for the part which 

 he had taken in the Meeting, to the success of which he had so 

 much contributed. 



The Noble Chairman having returned his acknowledgments to 



