Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Sculptured / Cast figure
- District
- South Lakeland
- Town
- Cartmel
- County
- Cumbria
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Terrorist Acts
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 01 January 1885
Attended by:
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 62335
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Current location
North West Corner
St Marys Priory
Cartmel
South Lakeland
Cumbria
LA11 6QD
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 37963 78784
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Effigy of Lord Frederick Cavendish on an alabaster tomb-chest.
- Inscription
- South Edge of the tomb-THIS MEMORIAL IS PLACED HERE IN REMEMBRANCE OF FREDERICK CHARLES CAVENDISH SON OF THE/ East Edge of the tomb-7TH DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE AND BLANCHE HIS/ North Edge of the tomb-WIFE BY SOME OF THOSE WHO KNEW AND LOVED HIM: BORN NOV 30TH 1836: DIED IN THE SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY West Edge of the tomb-AND IN DEFENCE OF HIS FRIEND MAY 6 1882 On a Plaque on the east end of the tomb-"WHO SHALL ASCEND INTO/THE HILL OF THE LORD/OR WHO SHALL RISE UP/IN HIS HOLY PLACE; /EVEN HE THAT HATH CLEAN/HANDS AND A PURE HEART"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Cavendish, Frederick
See details - Commemorations
- Terrorist Acts
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forename, relationships, date of death, date of birth
Order of information: Undefined
- Terrorist Acts
- Components
- Figure
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Alabaster - Memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Alabaster
- Figure
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Reference
- Buildings of England series by Various Lancashire 2: THe Rural North. 1969 pg.90.
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