The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-05-26

ishmen. He IL bachelor.
West OF the Duke Of Portlnnd's estate Ia a
large property bongng to Lord Portman the
representative Of an old west country family
one OF whose ancestors captured the Duke OF
Monmouth after the battle of Sedgemoor. The
houses on this property are for the most part
OF the first class indeed. Portman square CON
tans some Of tho finest mansions in the
metropolis. At the northwest corner stands the
house built by the celebrated blue stocking
Mrs. Montague. The money for building Port
man square was found by Mr.. Elves. cce-
bratcd millionaire miscr. lie was man
| OF tho highest character and for many
| years member of Parliament. but the
passion OF avarcc has never boon moro
strongly developed than it was in him. 1t
was his habit TO save expense. to live in any |
| OF his houses which CHANGED to be empty. He |
occupied one room. with scarcely any furniture. |
and an old woman. who acted as his servant. |
another. They would move out at an hours |
notice. On ono occasion. when he had been |
missing for some time. his nephew with great
difficulty succeeded in tracing him to ono of his |
| empty houses. On ascending the staircase they |
heard means and found Mr. Ewes on n pallet
bed AZ .arcutly dead. He at length revived and
explained that for two or three days he had
been too III TO move and that tho old woman
had never come near him. They found her
dead in the garnet.
Another extensive property is that Of Sir
Richard Sutton. This includes Wardour street.
Putcney street. and other streets adjacent. in
the noghhorhood Of Golden square. and good
deal about Regent street and Piccadilly. With
the latter il included Cambridge House. which.
after having been for many years in the occu-
patton Of the Duke of Cambridge. the Queens
uncle. became. after his death. famous as the
scene 81 Lord and Lady Palmerston's brilliant
Inequalities. 1t is now let as a club, at a rent
Of $4,000 year. This property came TO tho
Suttons through the Pultencys. and Is worth
some 100000 year. At one time rumor
gained wide circulation and excited much ado
) that he had given the ground on which Cam
bridge House stands for II Roman Catholic
cathedral.
, North Of Hyde Park. and west Of Lord Port
mans estate. is very valuable property belong .
Ing to the Sec Of London. BY an act Of Paria-
ment passed many years ago the revenues Of
the various bishoprics are all paid to the E.
| clesiastical Commissioners. and the Bishops re-
/ ceive fixed salary that for London being
y 10000 year. with two palaces but the reve-
n nue. derived from the property Of tho see is
. thrice that amount. and viii he much moro.
e Bishop Bloomfield a splendiy munncent pre-
h late. was the last who enjoyed the revenues I'M
z der the old system. He preceded Or. TAFT, the
II present primate.
"a
l. London landlords Their interest in the great
Il city commenced in 1911 when Sir Thomas
Il ! Grosvenor. Baronet. the representative Of an
u ancient family long seated in Cheshire. married
d the only daughter and hciress Of Alexander
]. Davies Esq. Of Ebury Manor. This Ebury
81 Manor comprised the lands on which now stand
1t host Of streets. Some years ago the writer in
. spccted the venerable Manor House. which is
i still eXtant in Davies street. Berkeley square.
sc and is probably in worry much the same conli-
ton as on the dav when Miss Davies married.
'0 Miss Davies also brought her husband por-
= ton Of the large tract now known rs Belgravia
'e -Brigrave being the name Of n country estate
= Of the Grosycnors. But the bulk OF this came
by purchase. and a very small sum- 5000 il is
Of said. was given for it. the land being poor
al and mnrshy. II proved. however. mine
le OF wealth in the hands Of Mr.. Cubitt.
$ the great contractor man Of daunt-
e less energy. who rose from tho position
lie OF a journeyman carpenter to be the greatest
d builder in tho world. Bsgrave square. de-
ID signed by Mr.. Disraelrs mothers brother Mr.,
ii Basevi. WIS completed about 1898. and at once
-. became fashionable. Eaton square. Wilton
as Crescent Chester square. Ecclcston square. an
Ne a number OF other streets quickly followed.
O. Most Of tho leases have yet to fall in this
X, tate. Those on the Grosvenor square property
OF have already in great degree done so. The
IN late Marquis Of Westminster. Notwithstanding
his immensely valuable property. did not leave
is large sum, having regard to his income. II j.
n personally which included pictures Of great
r. value WAS sworn under esDuOOO only. Tho
IN. cause Of this probably was that he expended
M such enormous sums in building. He found
)" when the leases Of much OF his property fell in
g. that 10 meet modern requirements. 1t was eN
to pedi~nt to rebuild in far superior manner
~ and his son and grandson will accordingly
d. reap tn, benefit Thus he pulled down num-
OF bees Of really excellent houses in Grosyenor
as place which had been let at from $4,000 &
lis $4,000 a year. and replaced them 10y palatla
cd abodrs which lease at from $4,000 TO 81 900. liz
a. rebuilt and built entire streets. and covered
he them with splendid houses -such as those o
n Grosyenor Gardens. close To- the Grosvonoi
Of Hotel ground previously occupied by yer!
o. mean structures. His own mansion stands in
II. Upper Grosvenor street. II is by no mean
d. magnificent.
p West of the Duke II westminstor's Delgrav
lily estate and Immediately adjoining it, il
n Lownlcs square. This. with a few adjacen
by strrets. 10 the property Of Mr.. Lowndes. He il
IN descended from famous Secretary Of tn
by Treasury in the time Of Queen Anne. who i
m crcditedwith the authorship u the " Poor Rich
he ard |" maxim. Take care Of the pence, and IN
in pounds will take care Of themselves" And thel
p comes n large tract belonging 10 Earl Cadognn
"a Every one has heard Of Sir Hans Sloane tn
TO famous physician whose collection formed th
er nucleus Of the British Museum. Sir Hans ha
en- two daughters. one Of whom married Mari
by borough's aidc-de-camp, Col. CadOgan. an
1t thus brought the manor OF Chelsea into tina
IRE family. On this property the rise Of rental
en- has since 1851, been heavy house in Han
we place rents at double what it did thirty year
ne ago which is mainly due 70 its contiguity I
ss Belgrave and Lowndes squares. Lord Cadc
gh gan's income will, when the leases expire. b
us very large.
IN Another large southwest London property
u where quite a town has recently grown VI
I1 belongs to the Earl Of Harrington, an,
VI like the Sloane estate, came to his al
" cestor through n marriage with &C
'i' heiress Miss Fleming The Harringto
IA estate will probably bring its owner evenu
% ally some 100000 a year The present Ea
ho was ten years ago needy civil engineer. over