Abbotsford House of the house. It had electricity installed only in 1962. Dame Jean was at one time a lady-in-waiting to Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, patron of the Dandie Dinmont Club, a breed of dog named after one of Sir Walter Scott's characters; and a horse trainer, one of whose horses, Sir Wattie, ridden by Ian Stark, won two silver medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics. In 2005, Scottish Borders Council was considering an application by a property developer to build a housing estate on the opposite bank of the River Tweed from Abbotsford, to which Historic Scotland and the National
On the Banks of the Old Raritan song, or "alma mater". Fuller wrote the lyrics in two hours setting them to the tune of a popular melody "On the Banks of the Old Dundee." According to a later interview with the "Rutgers Alumni Monthly", Fuller stated he chose "On the Banks of the Old Dundee" as the song "immediately struck me that the air of that song had the right melody and the stirring and martial swing for an effective college song." "On the Banks of the Old Raritan" and thirteen other Rutgers songs appeared in the second edition of the "Carmina Collegensia", published in 1876. It