Evening star., 1923-11-29
Britons Fear Famed Ruins
Will Be Removed to America

unless the state interEeEcS IN behalf
Of the department for the preserva-
tion OF national monuments, the
abbey ruins will be bought, and, after
the stones and columns have been
duly numbered and taken down. they
will be transported Ia the United
States for reconstruction amidst
analogous environment, somewhere
along the Hudson valley. The land
scape might be rendered TO certain
extent. appropriate and in keeping
with the ruins, but the associations
of the past and the atmosphere
would no longer be the same.
Naturally. in such an event. there
will be an outcry in England and
charges of vandalism. But. since the
Fountains Abbey ruins must be sold
in due course to admit OF the settle
ment of the late Lord Ripon estate,
il would certainly be better to have
them carefully conveyed across the
ocean for revcrcnt preservation in
suitable SURROUNDINGS. as unique
treasure sf ccCie siaStiCaI art, rather
than 10 permit them 10 he torn down
by the wrcCkcr and dispersed in
every direction.
The late Lord Eipon. when showing
visitors around the ruins. was wont
to remark: This is all that remains
of the South Sea Bubble" thereby
recalling the manner in which his
family came into the possession of
the abbey. He bore the paronymic
of Robinson and ms ms. tan5iiS was was
lord mayor of York. in the reign Of
Queen Elizabeth. He carried on n
large trade with Hamburg. and his
son was likewise. lord mayor OF
York, while his grandson was men,
ber of parliament for that city.
Indeed, in each generation until the
middle Of the eighteenth century, the
head of the Robinson fa amily was
identified with the city of York, as
it's chief magistrate or as its repre-
sentative in the house Of commons.
sir William Robinson. the first bar
onet of the line, and lord mayor Of
York, married the daughter and heir
ess Of George Aislabie of Studley
Roval. The best known member of
the Aislabte family was John of that
name who remains on record as hav-
ing. while chancellor of the eXcheq-
uer promoted and passed in pariia-
ment the bill for the enterprise
eventually known as THE South Sea
Bubble" which, according to him,
was destined to enable the govern
ment to liquidate and pay off the ma
tional debit
The collapse of this extraordinary
scheme and the wholesale ruin which
followed drove him from office and
landed him in the Tower OF London
as a prisoner of state. On his re-
lease he retired to Studley Royal
where he spent the remainder OF his
days in considerable amount of Sc
clusion, devoting himself to his SUI
perb gardens and retaining sufficient
money to be able to purchase f1om
the descendants of Henry Wits
friend. Sir Richard Gresham, the ad-
joining Fountains Abbey estate,
/ with its ruins. That is how they
f,tA inn nT no 1., q
Lord Ripon. Had it not been for the
south Sea Bubble" his ancestor
John Aislabie of South Sea Bubble
fame, would never have been able 10
purchase either Studiey Royal or yet
the Fountains Abbey estate.
To Mrs. Jarrett's two children by
Lord Rosslyn, namely, Lady Rosa
velle Brand and to the wife and chill
dren of his son, the bankrupt Lord
Loughborough, Lord Ripon beque ath-
ed sums of money sufficient II pro-
vide them with annuities of $4,000 a
year. To his stepdaughter, Lady
Gladys Trevor, offspring of the
| late Earl of Lonsdale. and widow OF
the enormously wealthy Sir Robin
Duff of Faynol Park, Bangor, Lord
Ripon left a legacy of about $2O0,oOO
and all the contents of her mother
faVorite suburban home of the CoomE
| Court, while the remaining third OF
the residue of the estate goes to Mrs
Jarrett's sister, well known in the
United States as the widow of the
late Lord Alwyne Compton, and &c
her two sons, the elder of whom
Capt Edward Compton of the Scots
! Greys. is heir presumptive to the mar
quisate of Northampton, while her
younger son. Lieut.. Clare Compton OF
the royal navy, in Difference to the
will of his mothers father, the late
| Robert Vyner, and in view of his
eventual succession to the great
Vyner estates in Yorkshire and in
Lincolnshire, has assumed the name
and the armorial bearings of Eyner
Both Mrs. Jarrott and her sister
Lady Alwyne Compton. already bene-
fitted largely indeed by their fathers
will and thereby became very rich
women. Now they have between then
succeeded to the bulk of the property
| of their first cousin, the late LORD
Ripon, whose mother was Miss Wy
ner, their fathers sister.
| Under the circumstances, the Ear
of Rosslyn must bitterly regret the
day when he allowed Charles Jarrott
| the motor racing champion, to VIII
his still very charming wife away
from him, Jarrett being now very
rich man in his own right, and g
highly considered and respected bust
mess man.