AMERICAN LAWYERS AT SULGRAVE.

Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 224, 20 September 1924, Page 19

AMERICAN LAWYERS AT SULGRAVE.

ANCESTKAL HOME OF THE WASHINGTON FAMILY. Members of the American Bar Association and their ladies, to the number of about 400, visited Sulgrave Manor, mc ancestral home of the Washington family, as the goests of Alderman Sir Charles Wakefleld and the Sulgrave Institution of Great Britain. They arrive* in special tralDS at Northampton, of which town Lawrence Washington, the builder of Sulgrave Manor, was twice Mayor, and were met by a fleet of 25 "Red" bases, In whlcfl they were conveyed through some of the most beautiful of Midland scenery to suigrave, pausing an hoar en roate at Althorp, where they were received by the Earl and Countess' Spencer, and inspected priceless treasures that adorn this Tudor mansion. At Sulgrave they were entertained at luncheon in a marquee in the grounds of the manor, and after speeches a number of interesting presentations were made. The visitors then proceeded to the church, when the original Washington pew was presented and dedicated. The pew was taken away from the church and cold some 40 years ago. Recently it came into the possession of Sir Charles WakefleU, who now restored It to the church authorities. The chairman, In proposing the toast of "Our Guests," eaid the memories of the past inspired them for the great tasks of the future. That was the meaning and message of Sulgrave. The Dean of St. Paul's (Dr. W. R. Inge) and the Solicitor-General (Sir H. Slesser, K.C.) supported the toast Tie latter obeerved that no week had been of more value than that In which they had been Iα association. The presentations made to the Sulgrave Institution inclnded a handle of the coffin in which the body of George Washington first was entombed at Monnt Vernon, ana a liquor chest which belonged to him. "We don't need llqnor chests any more in America," said Mrs. Parker, who made the presentation. It was announced, amid applause, that during the last six months the National Society of Colonial Dames—an American society of women sprung from Colonial stock—bad raised 100,000 dollars towards tie sam required for a permanent maintenance and endowment fund for the Manor.