I Q2 BROWNSEA ISLAND. 



cultivation, and planted it lavishly with various kinds of trees. 

 He was an enthusiastic botanist, and made a collection of the 

 many specimens of plants on the Island. 



The next owner of Brownsea was a Mr. Chamberlayne, who 

 re-sold it in 1762 to Sir Gerard Napier Sturt and Mrs. Humphrey 

 Sturt, of Crichel. On the death of Sir Gerard the estate passed 

 to Mrs. Humphrey Sturt, who made it a labour of love to 

 improve it. He originated the ornamental garden near the 

 castle and planted trees in enormous profusion over the Island. 

 He is said to have spent not less than ^50,000 on these works. 

 At this time there were only two occupied buildings on the 

 Island besides the castle and inn, and a house rented by the 

 Government for preventable purposes, which would probably 

 have been on the site of the present villino. Mr. Sturt sat in 

 Parliament for Dorset from 1754 to 1786, when he died. The 

 property went to his second son, Charles, who so loved the 

 Island that he made it his permanent residence. Charles Sturt 

 represented Bridport in Parliament from 1784 to 1802, and was 

 succeeded by his only son, Charles, who in 1817 sold Brownsea 

 to Sir Charles Chad, of Pinkery Hall, Norfolk. Sir Charles, like 

 his predecessors, expended considerable sums in additions and 

 improvements to the castle and grounds, among which was a 

 pheasantry, a keeper's cottage, and the pretty cottage called 

 Seymour's on the north side, facing and overlooking Poole. 



In 1818 Prince George, afterwards George the Fourth, paid a 

 visit of some duration as a guest of Sir Charles Chad, and was 

 received with a royal salute from the castle guns. He expressed 

 his pleasure to his host, and said he had no idea there was such 

 a delightful spot in the kingdom. The next owner was Sir 

 Augustus Foster, by whom it was bought in 1840. He died 

 in 1848. 



Colonel Waugh bought it in 1852 partly on account of its 

 clay deposits, and proceeded to develop its resources on a lavish 

 scale. He restored the castle and added the stone front on the 

 south and east sides. He also reclaimed about 100 acres of the 

 foreshore, and built an embankment and sea wall around it. He 



