 Dashwood @-@ King spent little time at West Wycombe . On his death in 1793 , the estate was inherited by his son Sir John Dashwood , 4th Baronet , Member of Parliament for Wycombe and a friend of the Prince of Wales , although their friendship was tested when Sir John accused his wife of an affair with the prince . Like his father , Sir John cared little for West Wycombe and held a five @-@ day sale of West Wycombe 's furniture in 1800 . In 1806 , he was prevented from selling West Wycombe by the trustees of his son , to whom the estate was entailed . He became religious in the last years of his life , holding ostentatiously teetotal parties in West Wycombe 's gardens in aid of the " Friends of Order and Sobriety " – these would have been vastly different from the bacchanalian fêtes given by his uncle in the grounds . In 1847 , Sir John was bankrupt and bailiffs possessed the furniture from his home at Halton . He died estranged from his wife and surviving son in 1849 . 
