- Type of Memorial
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- WMR Reference Number
- 82237
- Description
- White marble tablet with a gable top and pedestal over a pair of corbels all on a black backboard
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY OF / WILLIAM MACKESON. / OF THIS TOWN. / WHO DIED AT BATH 10TH APRIL 1821, AGED 47 YEARS. / ALSO OF HARRIETT, HIS WIFE, / WHO DIED AT CANTERBURY 19TH DECEMBER 1855, AGED 79 YEARS. / AND OF CHARLES WILLIAM, THEIR ELDEST SON, / WHO DIED 19TH MAY 1819, AGED 19 YEARS. / THE REMAINS OF THE ABOVE ARE DEPOSITED IN A VAULT / NEAR THIS AND ADJOINING THE CHURCH. //
ALSO IN MEMORY OF / THOMAS, THEIR FIFTH SON, LIEUTENANT IN THE ROYAL NAVY, / WHO DIED AT MALTA 4TH OCTOBER 1837, AGED 28 YEARS. / HE SERVED AT NAVARING 20TH OCTOBER 1827, AND IN / H.M.’s SURVEYING VESSEL HECLA ON THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA IN 1829_30, / AND WAS ONE OF THE FEW OFFICERS WHO SURVIVED / THE TRIALS OF THAT EXPEDITION. //
WILLIAM LAWRENCE, THEIR SEVENTH SON, LIEUTENANT AND ADJUTANT / 19TH REGIMENT BENGAL NATIVE INFANTRY, / WHO DIED AT BOMBAY 30TH OCTOBER 1842, AGED 26 YEARS. //
JULIUS ARTHUR, THEIR EIGHTH SON, LIEUTENANT / WHO DIED AT NEEMUCH 28TH SEPTEMBER 1847, AGED 29 YEARS, / HE SERVED IN THE CABUL CAMPAIGN 1842, / AND IN THE SUTLEJ CAMPAIGN 1845_6. //
AND // FREDERIC, THEIR FOURTH SON, LIEUTENANT COLONEL BENGAL ARMY, / COMPANION OF THE BATH, / MEMBER OF THE THIRD CLASS OF THE ORDER OF THE DOURANEE EMPIRE, / AND COMMISSIONER OF PESHAWUR, / WHO DIED 14TH SEPTEMBER 1853, OF A WOUND INFLICTED BY A MAHOMETAN FANATIC, / AGED 46 YEARS, / HE SERVED IN ALL THE CAMPAIGNS AND IMPORTANT OPERATIONS / ON NORTH WESTERN FRONTIER OF INDIA FROM 1838 TO 1853, / DURING THE WHOLE OF WHICH EVENTFUL PERIOD / HE WAS ENGAGED IN APPOINTMENTS / OF THE HIGHEST POLITICAL RESPONSIBILITY AND DISTINCTION. / A MONUMENT HAS BEEN ERECTED TO HIS MEMORY / AND IN HONOR OF HIS CHARACTER AND PUBLIC SERVICES / AT PESHAWUR, WHERE HE FELL, AND IN CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL, / BY HIS FRIENDS AND ADMIRERS IN INDIA. //