Prominent Auckland Bowlers.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXIII, Issue XXV, 16 December 1899, Page 1114

Prominent Auckland Bowlers.

HISTORIC GOLF CLUB. GhislehurSt -s one of the. prettiest and best-known suburban villages. The most conspicuous building there, which lies on the west side of the Common, is the historical mans'on, with its beautiful park, “ Camdenplaee.” It was, as far back as 1609, the home of William Camden, the Elizabethan historian, the “ Father of English Antiquarians.” After the, for France, disastrous war of 1870-71, the exiled Imperial Family of that country established their home at Camdenplaee, and in one of its rooms Napo-

leon HI. died. The Empress Engenie was here informed of the sad fate, of her only gallant son, and the bodies of both the ex-Emperor and the Prince Imperial found a temporary resting place in a special mortuary chapel adjoining the Roman Catholic Chapel of 'St. Mary. During the time the French Imperial Family was in residence. at “ Oamden-place,” Chisleihurst was actually filled with Frenchmen and' French ladies who had followed their former Emperor into exile. For years no tenant could be found for Camden-plaee. “ Camden-house, Limited,” is now the happy possessor of the splendid mans'on and park. Golf links have been laid out in the park, and the mansion has been converted into a club-house. —“ Ludgate.”