BKOWNSEA ISLAND. 



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established a pottery on the west end of the island, and erected 

 about 30 cottages near by. The pretty little village of Maryland, 

 consisting of about 20 cottages, still exists, though the pottery 

 and clay pits have been abandoned. Colonel Waugh also 

 erected St. Mary's Church and endowed it. It is built in the 

 Gothic style, partly roofed and panelled with beautiful oak taken 

 from Richard the Second's Council Chamber in Crosby Hall. 

 Colonel Waugh, owing to financial troubles, was obliged to 

 relinquish his interest in the island, and it was sold by the Court 

 of Chancery to a Mr. Faulkner, who continued the potteries, in 

 which he was not, however, successful, and the island passed 

 into the hands of the Right Hon. George Augustus Frederick 

 Cavendish Bentinck, in whose possession it remained until his 

 death in 1892. Mr. Bentinck again restored the castle, and 

 many of the interesting Italian works of art that adorn the island 

 and church are remnants of his excellent antiquarian knowledge 

 and taste. Mr. Bentinck and his wife are buried in the church- 

 yard, and a most beautiful Italian well-head marks their resting 

 place. This monument, which is of great antiquarian value, has 

 upon it the crest of the Leze family. It came from Calnaria to 

 Ravenna and thence to Venice in 1297. 



Among other beautiful objects that remain to mark Mr. 

 Bentinck's reign are the two lovely marble figures used as 

 lecterns in the church. These winged angels were formerly 

 part of an altar in the church of St. Lucihia of Venice, built by 

 the famous architect Palladio, and taken down many years ago 

 to make room for the railway station. In the drawing room of 

 the castle also may be seen the very beautiful i6th century 

 marble mantelpiece. Major Kenneth Balfour purchased the 

 island in 1892, and in 1896 occurred the disastrous fire, which 

 completely gutted the interior of the building. Major Balfour 

 rebuilt the castle in 1897, and at the end of 1900 it came into 

 the possession of the present owner. The island is elliptical in 

 shape, rising from the shore to a height in places of goft. These 

 hills, that nearly encircle it again, slope down to the central 

 valley, in which are two ornamental lakes, supplied by springs, 



