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SCG-C.772.056
18 Jun 1772:13 (1899 Supplement)
ANECDOTE.
Before Lord Bute was a favourite, on the death of his
father-in-law, his affairs were so embarrassed, he was
obliged to sell Caen-Wood, which Lord Mansfield purchased
for a song, as Lord Bute often expressed it. When Lord Bute
had got into good plight, he was very desirous of purchasing
this estate, and making a proposal to Lord Mansfield, the
latter asked him what he would give for it; to which Lord
Bute replied, "I'll give two songs and play Through the Wood
Laddies upon the bagpipes myself into the bargain." Lord
Mansfield smiled, saying, "he could not part with the house
upon those conditions, as it would degrade his Lordship into
a mere minstrel, and instead of Caen-Wood, it would
certainly ever after be called Bagpiper's-Hall.
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