Introduction Fig. 1: Marochetti, Melbournes. . (Fig. 1) On 5 July 1858, according to the Cathedral Chapter Minutes (1833 – 1860), the Chapter, “on consideration that the late Viscount Melbourne held the high office of First Minister of the Crown, consent that a monument shall be erected to his memory in the Cathedral”. The monument […]
Fig. 1–2: Monument to Richard Rundle Burges (1754–1797) 1798–1802. Thomas Banks (1735–1802). White marble, and iron axle for the cannon. Signed: ‘THOMAS BANKS R.A. SCULPT 1802’. Church Floor, Nave, South Aisle (since 1860; originally South Transept). Inscription: SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / RICHARD RUNDLE BURGES ESQUIRE COMMANDER OF HIS MAJESTY’S SHIP THE ARDENT. WHO […]
. Fig. 1: Monument to Thomas Fanshaw Middleton (1769–1822). John Graham Lough (1798–1876). Signed ‘J.G.LOUGH, SC. 1832.’ Marble. Church Floor, Nave, South Aisle. Inscription THOMAS FANSHAW MIDDLETON D.D. FIRST PROTESTANT BISHOP OF INDIA. BORN XXVI JAN MDCCLXIX, CONSECRATED TO THE SEE OF CALCUTTA, MAY VIII MDCCCXIV, DIED JULY VIII MDCCCXXII. THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY […]
ERECTED AT THE PUBLIC EXPENSE, / TO THE MEMORY OF / GEORGE BLAGDON WESTCOTT, / CAPTAIN OF THE MAJESTIC; / WHO, AFTER THIRTY-THREE YEARS OF MERITORIOUS SERVICE, / FELL GLORIOUSLY / IN THE VICTORY OBTAINED OVER THE FRENCH FLEET OFF ABOUKIR, / THE FIRST DAY OF AUGUST, IN THE YEAR MDCCXCVIII. / IN THE FORTY-SIXTH […]
. Fig. 1: Monument to Sir William Jones (1746–1794). John Bacon the Elder (1740–1799), completed by John Bacon the Younger (1777–1859). 1796–1804. White marble. Signed ‘JOHN BACON R.A. SCULPTOR 1799,’ on base. Church Floor, Dome Area, West Pier. Inscription (on side of base): Fig. 2: Bacon, Jones – inscription. . TO THE MEMORY OF SIR […]
Introduction . Fig. 1: Noble, Lyons. . (Fig. 1) The c.1860 – 1862 monument to naval officer and diplomat Admiral Edmund Lyons, the first Baron Lyons (29 November 1790 – 23 November 1858) by eminent mid–Victorian sculptor Matthew Noble (23 March 1817 – 23 June 1876) is located in the South Transept on the Cathedral […]
WILLIAM BABINGTON, M.D. F.R.S. / FELLOW OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS, / BORN MAY 21ST.1756, DIED APRIL 29TH.1833. / EMINENTLY DISTINGUISHED FOR SCIENCE; / BELOVED FOR THE SIMPLICITY OF HIS MANNERS, AND THE BENEVOLENCE OF HIS HEART, / RESPECTED FOR HIS INFLEXIBLE INTEGRITY, AND HIS PURE AND UNAFFECTED PIETY. / IN ALL THE RELATIONS […]
SIR WM.HOSTE BART. K.C.B. K.M.T. / CAPTAIN IN THE ROYAL NAVY. / ERECTED BY HIS BROTHER OFFICERS / AND / THE ADMIRERS OF HIS SERVICES.
Fig. 1: Monument to Lieutenant–General Sir Ralph Abercromby (1734–1801). Richard Westmacott (1775–1856). Signed ‘R. WESTMACOTT A.R.A SCULPTOR’ Marble (with bronze reins and harness). 1802–1808. Church Floor, South Transept. Inscription ERECTED AT THE PUBLIC EXPENSE TO THE MEMORY OF LIEUT.T GEN.L SIR RALPH ABERCROMBY, K. B. COMMANDER–IN–CHIEF OF AN EXPEDITION DIRECTED AGAINST THE FRENCH IN EGYPT: […]
. Fig. 1: Monument to Lieutenant General Sir John Moore (1761–1809),John Bacon Junior (1777 – 1859),.1815, white marble, dimensions unrecorded.St Paul’s Cathedral Floor, South Transept, West Aisle. Inscription SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR JOHN MOORE, K.B. WHO WAS BORN AT GLASGOW IN THE YEAR 1761. HE FOUGHT FOR HIS COUNTRY IN AMERICA, IN […]