30 SEPTEMBER 1922, Page 3

Mr. Edward Wood, M.P., the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Colonies,

last week conveyed his historic and beautiful Yorkshire home, Temple Newsam, to the City of Leeds as a possession for ever on very liberal terms. As an addition, Mr. Wood very generously gave to the city pictures and other contents of the house which will help to preserve its character and significance. Thus, Temple Newsom, with all its associ- ations of Scott's Ivanhoe, and the family of the Darceys and of Lord Darnley, with all its ancient traditions, is to be preserved as a "Hampton Court of the North."