the window to be enriched in memory of Brigadier the Hon. ADRIAN HOPE,
C.B., by his relatives.
The general design throughout the windows is, by the representation of
certain chosen men by whom Almighty God is recorded in the Holy Scriptures
to have effected the deliverance of the Israelites out of the hands of
their enemies, to illustrate the power of God, and attribute to His mercy
the wonderful success of the British forces in the suppression of the
Indian rebellion, in which service the officers above named, with many
others, fell.
The first figure on the right hand is designed to represent Moses as the
leader and commander of the army of the Israelites. In the medallion
beneath, he is shown with his hands stayed up by Aaron and Hur, as
described in Ex. xvii. 12. This window is erected by Lady Barnard, widow
of Sir Hy. Wm. Barnard, K.C.B.
The second figure is that of Joshua, and the medallion is intended to
describe the appearance of the "Captain of the Lord's Host" to
him.--Joshua v. 13, 14. This window is erected by General Sir Alexander
Woodford, G.C.B., father of Lieutenant-Colonel C. J. Woodford, Rifle
Brigade.
The third figure is Caleb, and the medallion represents his victory over
the sons of Anak.--Joshua xv. 14. This window is erected by the Reverend
Lord John Thynne, Canon of Westminster, father of Captain William F.
Thynne, Rifle Brigade.
The fourth figure is Gideon, and in the medallion he is occupied in
threshing the corn, as when he received his call and commission to deliver
Israel from the Midianites.--Judges vi. 11. This window is erected by the
comrades of Captain William Robert Moorsom, forming the first division of
the army in Oude, under the Command of Sir James Outram, of which he was
Deputy-Assistant Quartermaster-General.
The fifth figure is David, and the medallion exhibits his triumph over
Goliath.--1 Sam. xvii. 15. This window is erected by the Rev. T. Lovick
Cooper, Vicar of Empingham, Rutlandshire, father of Lovick Emilius Cooper,
Rifle Brigade.
The sixth window is Jonathan, and the medallion refers to the account of
his surprising and discomfiting the garrison of the Philistines, with no
other assistance than of his armour-bearer.--1 Sam. xiv. 4-6. This window
is erected by Mrs. Bankes, mother of William George Hawtrey Bankes,
Cornet, seventh Hussars.
The seventh window in the West Aisle of the North Transept is erected in
memory of Brigadier the Honourable Adrian Hope, by his relations, and is
illustrative of those passages in the career of Asa, as recorded in 2
Chronicles xiv. 5. 11, 12. His destruction of idols in the city of Judah,
verse 5; his prayer, verse 11; his victory over the Ethiopians, verse 12.
Sir WILLIAM WEBB FOLLETT, Knt., who was at the time of his decease
representative in Parliament for the City of Exeter, and Attorney-General
to Queen Victoria. Of unblemished conduct in every relation of life, of
manners gentle and prepossessing, combining with great legal knowledge
extraordinary powers of persuasive eloquence, he attained, with the
esteem, admiration, and good-will of all who witnessed his brilliant
career, the highest eminence as an advocate and a Parliamentary speaker.
The general hope and expectation that he was destined for the highest
honours of the law were blighted by his untimely death. Died June 28,
1845, aged forty-eight.
A bust to the memory of GEORGE GORDON, Earl of Aberdeen, K.T., K.G. Born
January 28th, 1784; died December 14th, 1860. Ambassador, Secretary of
State, Prime Minister.--_M. Noble, S.C._
Next to this on your left is a monument sacred to the memory of ELIZABETH
WARREN, daughter of Henry Southwell, Esq., of Wisbeach, in the county of
Cambridge, and widow of the Right Rev. John Warren, D.D., late Lord Bishop
of Bangor:--"She was distinguished for the purity of her taste, and the
soundness of her judgment; her prudence and discrimination were in no
instances more conspicuous, than in selecting the objects of her
extensive charity. The widow and the fatherless were protected and
relieved, and the virtuous who had fallen from prosperity, had peculiar
claims to her benevolence. Though mild and gentle in her manners, yet she
was remarkable for the firmness and vigour of her mind. Stedfast in the
faith of Christ, she lived to illustrate his precepts, and died reposing
on his merits and intercession. She departed this life, March 29, 1816,
aged eighty-three. Her surviving sister, Mary, widow of the Right
Honourable Sir James Eyre, Knt., Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common
Pleas, in testimony of her sincere affection, has erected this monument to
her memory."--It represents a houseless wanderer with an infant in her
arms, on a square pedestal; the figure with its draperies is very
generally admired.--_Sir Richard Westmacott, sculptor._
Sir HENRY BLACKWOOD, with this inscription:--"Sacred to the memory of
Vice-Admiral the Honourable Sir Henry Blackwood, Bart., K.C.B., G.C.H.,
who died December, 13, 1832, aged 63 years, 51 of which he had spent in
the active service of his profession, distinguished by his energy,
promptitude, and bravery, qualities which derived additional lustre from
the virtues which adorned his personal character; with valour combining a
strong sense of religion, and the elevation of an upright noble mind, with
all the endearing feelings of a manly, generous, and benevolent heart.
This tribute of sorrow and affection to the memory of one so justly
honoured and beloved, is offered by his deeply afflicted widow and his
surviving children."--_Behnes, sculptor._
In memory of the Right Honourable Sir GEORGE CORNEWALL LEWIS, Baronet, of
Harpton Court, in the County of Radnor; successively Chancellor of the
Exchequer and Secretary of State for the Home and War Departments. The
bust is erected by many friends, to mark their affectionate esteem and
admiration, and to record his honoured name among the illustrious dead who
lie buried within these walls. Born April 21, 1806; died April 13,
1863.--_Weekes, R.A., sculptor._
A monument erected by the East India Company, as a memorial of the
military talents of Lieutenant-General Sir EYRE COOTE, K.B.,
Commander-in-chief of the British forces in India, who, by the success of
his arms, in the year 1760 and 1761, expelled the French from the coast of
Coromandel. In 1781 and 1782 he again took the field in the Carnatic, in
opposition to the united strength of the French and Hyder Ally, and in
several engagements defeated the numerous forces of the latter; but death
interrupted his career of glory, on the 27th April, 1783, in the
fifty-eighth year of his age. It consists of two figures as large as life;
one a Mahratta captive, weeping beside a trophy of Persian armour,
represents a province subdued; he is holding a cornucopia inverted, the
contents of which are falling into a Britannia's shield. The other, a
Victory, having erected a trophy, is decorating it with the portrait of
Sir Eyre Coote, by hanging it on a palm-tree, which rises from behind the
armour. The elephant on the sarcophagus marks the scene of action. The
Mahratta figure is particularly admired.--_Banks, sculptor._
A bust with the following inscription:--"Amidst the memorials of maturer
greatness, this tribute of private affection and public honour records the
talents, virtues, and early death of the Right Honourable CHARLES BULLER,
who, as an independent Member of Parliament, and in the discharge of
important offices of state, united the deepest human sympathies with wide
and philosophic views of government and mankind; and pursued the noblest
political and social objects, above party spirit, and without an enemy.
His character was distinguished by sincerity and resolution, his mind by
vivacity and clearness of comprehension; while the vigour of expression
and singular wit that made him eminent in debate, and delightful in
society, were tempered by a most gentle and generous disposition; earnest
in friendship and benevolent to all. The British Colonies will not forget
the statesman who so well appreciated their desires and their destinies;
and his country, recalling what he was, deplores the vanished hope of all
he might have become. He was born August, 1806; he died Nov. 29, 1848."
A bust sacred to the memory of the Right Honourable WARREN HASTINGS,
Governor-General of Bengal; Member of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy
Council, LL.D., F.R.S., descended from the elder branch of the ancient and
noble family of Huntingdon. Selected for his eminent talents and
integrity, he was appointed by Parliament, in 1773, the first
Governor-General of India, to which high office he was thrice re-appointed
by the same authority. Presiding over the India Governments during
thirteen years of a most eventful period, he restored the affairs of the
East India Company from the deepest distress to the highest prosperity,
and rescued their possessions from a combination of the most powerful
enemies ever leagued against them. In the wisdom of his counsels, and the
energy of his measures, he found unexhausted resources, and successfully
sustained a long, varied, and multiplied war with France, Mysore, and the
Mahratta states, whose power he humbled, and concluded an honourable
peace, for which, and for his distinguished services, he received the
thanks of the East India Company, sanctioned by the Board of Control. The
kingdom of Bengal, the seat of his Government, he ruled with a mild and
equitable sway, preserved it from invasion, and, while he secured to its
inhabitants the enjoyment of their customs, laws, and religion, and the
blessings of peace, was rewarded by their affection and gratitude; nor was
he more distinguished by the highest qualities of a statesman and a
patriot, than by the exercise of every Christian virtue. He lived for many
years in dignified retirement, beloved and revered by all who knew him, at
his seat of Daylesford, in the county of Worcester, where he died in
peace, in the eighty-sixth year of his age, August 22, 1818. This memorial
was erected by his beloved wife and disconsolate widow, M. A. Hastings.
Over the inscription is a bust, greatly like him, executed by Mr. Bacon.
A statue to the memory of FRANCIS HORNER, who, by the union of great and
various acquirements, with inflexible integrity, and unwearied devotion to
the interests of the country, raised himself to an eminent station in
society, and was justly considered to be one of the most distinguished
members of the House of Commons. He was born at Edinburgh in 1778, was
called to the bar both of England and Scotland; and closed his short but
useful life at Pisa, in 1817. His death was deeply felt, and publicly
deplored in Parliament. His affectionate friends and sincere admirers,
anxious that some memorial should exist of merit universally acknowledged,
of expectations which a premature death could alone have frustrated,
erected this monument, A.D. 1823.--_Chantrey, sculptor._
Brigadier-General HOPE, Lieutenant-Governor of the province of Quebec,
where he died in 1789, aged forty-three years. The design of it is simply
an Indian, whose affection has drawn her to the monument; she kneels on
the pedestal, and bending over the sarcophagus, expresses that sorrow
which the loss of such a benefactor has occasioned. A rudder is
introduced, emblematical of his situation as Governor: the serpent and
mirror, engraved thereon, point out the prudence of his administration;
and a cornucopia conveys the idea of the felicity of it.--_Bacon,
sculptor._
To the memory of JONAS HANWAY, Esq., celebrated for his universal feeling
for the distressed, having been an active friend to the following
charities, viz.,--the Foundling, Magdalen, and Marine Society. The expense
was defrayed by voluntary subscriptions. On a sarcophagus, the Society is
here represented in bas-relief; viz.,--Britannia, with her emblems of
Government, Peace, War, Trade, and Navigation, who, with benign
countenance, distributes clothes to poor boys to be trained to sea; over
this a medallion of the deceased is fixed on a pyramid, upon the top of
which is a lamp, emblematic of perpetual light,--"Sacred to the memory of
Jonas Hanway, who departed this life September 5, 1786, aged seventy-four;
but whose name liveth, and will ever live, whilst active piety shall
distinguish the Christian, integrity and truth shall recommend the British
merchant, and universal kindness shall characterize the citizen of the
world. The helpless Infant, nurtured through his care; the friendless
Prostitute sheltered and reformed; the hopeless Youth rescued from misery
and ruin, and trained to serve and to defend his country, uniting in one
common strain of gratitude, bear testimony to their benefactor's virtues:
this was the friend and father of the poor."--_F. Moore, sculptor._
Sir CLIFTON WINTRINGHAM, Bart., is represented visiting a sick and
distressed family; underneath is the figure of his lady, kneeling and
bewailing her loss.--"Sacred to the memory of Sir Clifton Wintringham,
Bart., M.D., who, no less eminent as a physician, both at home and in the
army, than beloved on account of his virtuous life and engaging manners,
died lamented by all, January 10, 1794, aged eighty-three. His widow, Ann
Wintringham, caused this monument to be erected, as a last testimony of
her love for him when living, and of the sincere regret she feels for her
loss."--_Banks, sculptor._
A truly admirable bust of the late RICHARD COBDEN. Born June 3, 1804;
died April 2, 1865, and was buried at West Lavington, in Sussex.--_Thos.
Woolner, sculptor._
A bust to the memory of Major-General Sir HERBERT BENJAMIN EDWARDS,
K.C.B., K.C.S.I., D.C.L., LL.D., who in early life, as a Subaltern of the
East Indian Company's Army, by his fertility of resource, and in
promptitude in action, struck the first victorious blow at the
Insurrection in the Punjab in 1848. Who in later years, by his courage,
sagacity, and mastery over men, ever animated by Christian principle, won
an enduring place in the affections of the people to whose welfare he had
long devoted himself, and in 1847, at a time of unexampled danger, greatly
contributed to the security of the Frontier, and to the salvation of the
British Empire in India. Born November 12th, 1819; died December 23rd,
1868.
To the memory of Major-General COOTE MANNINGHAM.--"Sacred to the memory of
Major-General Coote Manningham, Colonel of the ninety-fifth, or Rifle
Regiment of Infantry, and Equerry to the King; in testimony of a
friendship which commenced in early youth, was matured and confirmed by
time, remains unchilled by death, and humbly looks for a reunion in
eternity. The distinguished soldier to whom friendship erects this
inadequate memorial, began his career of military action at the siege of
Gibraltar, and concluded it at the victory of Corunna, to which his skill
and gallantry conspicuously contributed. He fell an early victim to the
vicissitudes of climate, and the severities of war, and died 26th Aug.,
1809, aged forty-four. Yet, reader, regard not his fate as premature,
since his cup of glory was full, and he was not summoned till his virtue
and patriotism had achieved even here a brilliant recompense: for his name
is engraved on the annals of his country. In him the man and the Christian
tempered the warrior, and England might proudly present him to the world
as the model of a British soldier." Erected by Lieutenant-General Thomas
Hislop, Commander-in-Chief, &c., at Bombay, in the East Indies, anno
1813.--_Bacon, jun., sculptor._
GEORGE MONTAGUE DUNK, Earl of Halifax.--His Lordship's bust conveys a very
striking likeness of the original. It is supported by two emblematical
figures, one holding a mirror, supposed to be Truth, with his foot on a
mask, trampling on Falsehood; the other, Honour, presenting the ensigns of
the Garter. It is also decorated with various other emblems, alluding to
the different public posts of honour which his Lordship held at different
times. The inscription is as follows:--"Sacred be the monument which is
here raised by gratitude and respect, to perpetuate the memory of George
Montague Dunk, Earl of Halifax, Knight of the most noble Order of the
Garter, whose allegiance, integrity, and abilities, alike distinguished
and exalted him in the reigns of George II. and George III. In the year
1745 (an early period of his life), he raised and commanded a regiment, to
defend his King and country against the alarming insurrection in Scotland.
He was soon after appointed first Lord of Trade and Plantations in which
department he contributed so largely to the commerce and splendour of
America, as to be styled, 'Father of the Colonies.' At one and the same
time he filled the united great offices of the First Lord of the
Admiralty, Principal Secretary of State, and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
He was afterwards appointed Lord Privy Seal; on the resignation thereof he
was recalled to the important duties of Principal Secretary of State, and
died (in possession of the Seals) June 8, 1771. His worth in private life
was eminent and extensive, and was best testified in the honour and esteem
which were borne him living, and the lamentations bestowed upon his ashes.
Among many instances of his liberal spirit, one deserves to be distinctly
recorded: during his residence in Ireland, he obtained the grant of an
additional 4000_l._ per annum for all subsequent Viceroys, at the same
time nobly declining that emolument himself."--_Bacon, sculptor._
Over the north door is a magnificent monument to the memory of Admiral
WATSON, where you see, in the centre of a range of palm-trees, an elegant
figure of the Admiral in a Roman toga, with a branch of palm in his right
hand, receiving the address of a prostrate figure, representing the genius
of Calcutta, a place in the East Indies memorable for the imprisonment of
the English garrison in a black hole, where most of them perished, and
where those that survived were released by the Admiral, and the town
retaken from the Nabob, in January, 1757. On the other side is the figure,
in chains, of a native of Chandernagore, another place taken by the
Admiral the March following. On the front is this inscription:--"To the
memory of Charles Watson, Vice-Admiral of the White, Commander-in-Chief of
his Majesty's navy forces in the East Indies, who died at Calcutta, August
16, 1757, aged forty-four. The East India Company, as a grateful testimony
of the signal advantages which they obtained by his valour and prudent
conduct, caused this monument to be erected."--_Scheemakers, sculptor._
Against the wall, on a small tablet, is the bust of Sir WILLIAM SANDERSON,
Knt., with an inscription in Latin, showing that he was Gentleman of the
Bedchamber to Charles I.; and wrote the lives of Mary Queen of Scots,
James, and Charles I.: that he sustained great hardships from the tyranny
of the rebels; but that, having bravely surmounted all difficulties, he
lived to the age of ninety, and died July 15, 1676.
General GUEST.--On a base and pyramid of most beautiful marble, are the
first enrichments and busts that are to be seen in the whole church. The
inscription is short, but manly--"Sacred to those virtues that adorn a
Christian and a soldier, this marble perpetuates the memory of
Lieutenant-General Joshua Guest, who closed a service of sixty years, by
faithfully defending Edinburgh Castle against the rebels in 1745."
Admiral Sir JOHN BALCHEN, Knt.--On this fine monument, in relief, is the
representation of a ship perishing in a storm. The inscription, which is
historical, is here inserted:--"To the memory of Sir John Balchen, Knt.,
Admiral of the White Squadron of his Majesty's fleet in 1744. Being sent
out Commander-in-Chief of the combined fleets of England and Holland, to
cruise on the enemy, was, on his return home in his Majesty's ship the
Victory, lost in the Channel by a violent storm; from which sad
circumstance of his death we may learn that neither the greatest skill,
judgment, or experience, joined to the most firm, unshaken resolution, can
resist the fury of the winds and waves; and we are taught by the passages
of his life, which were filled with great and gallant actions, but ever
accompanied with adverse gales of fortune, that the brave, the worthy, and
the good man, meets not always his reward in this world. Fifty-eight years
of faithful and painful services he had passed, when, being just retired
to the government of Greenwich Hospital to wear out the remainder of his
days, he was once more, and for the last time, called out by his King and
country, whose interest he ever preferred to his own, and his unwearied
zeal for their service ending only in his death; which weighty misfortune
to his afflicted family became heightened by many aggravating
circumstances attending it; yet amidst their grief, had they the mournful
consolation to find his gracious and Royal Master mixing his concern with
the general lamentations of the public, for the calamitous fate of so
zealous, so valiant, and so able a commander; and, as a lasting memorial
of the sincere love and esteem borne by his widow to a most affectionate
and worthy husband, this honorary monument was erected by her. He was born
Feb. 2, 1669, married Susanna, daughter of Colonel Aprice, of Washingly,
in the county of Huntingdon. Died Oct. 7, 1744, leaving one son and one
daughter, the former of whom, George Balchen, survived him but a short
time; for being sent to the West Indies in 1745, Commander of his
Majesty's ship the Pembroke, he died at Barbadoes, in December the same
year, aged twenty-eight, having walked in the steps, and imitated the
virtues and bravery of his good but unfortunate father." When the Victory
was lost she had on board near one thousand souls, one hundred of whom
were gentlemen volunteers.--_Scheemakers, sculptor._
Bishop of BANGOR.--The figure of Religion is represented in a mournful
attitude, leaning on a rock, whereon is writ the inscription, holding in
her hand a cross; on the other side is represented an angel pointing to
the cross, as a source of consolation whereby we are saved--why weep? the
rock implies firmness of faith. A mitre, crozier, &c., are at the
bottom.--"Near this place are interred the remains of the Right Rev. John
Warren, D.D., Bishop of St. David's in 1779, and translated to the see of
Bangor in 1783. These episcopal stations he filled for more than twenty
years, with great ability and virtue. His charity, liberality, candour,
and benevolence, will long be remembered; his eminent learning and
unwearied application rendered him highly serviceable to the laws, as well
as the religion of his country, towards which he was most sincerely
attached. He was son of Richard Warren, D.D., Rector of Cavendish, and
Archdeacon of Suffolk, and brother of Richard Warren, M.D., celebrated for
his knowledge and successful practice, and many years Physician in
Ordinary to his Majesty. He married Elizabeth Southwell, daughter of
Henry Southwell, Esq., of Wisbeach, Cambridgeshire, who, fully sensible of
his many distinguished virtues, has offered this grateful tribute to his
memory, with the most unfeigned sincerity and respect. He died Jan. 27,
1800, in the seventy-second year of his age."--_Westmacott, jun.,
sculptor._