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Memorial: M1374

Wall monument in Bletchingley, Surrey commemorating Captain Sir William Bensley RN d. 1809

Location

St Mary's Church, Bletchingley, Surrey, England

Transcript

'In memory of SIR WILLIAM BENSLEY Bart / who in the early part of his life / was an active and meritorious Officer in His Majesty's Navy / and was afterwards employed / to various situations of trust and importance in Bengal / in the service of the Hon. East India Company / The eminent ability and inflexible integrity / which he had invariably displayed on every occasion / procured him in the year 1781 a seat in the East India Direction / The duties of which situation he continued to discharge / with unabated zeal and fidelity til the age of 73 / when on the 17th day of December, 1809 / he died. In the hope of a more blessed and exalted existence...'

Details

Description: Carved with a relief of an East Indiaman, a draped urn on a pedestal, with an elephant and ship behind, a weeping female (trade?) in the foreground holding a pair of scales.
Type: Wall monument
Materials: Marble
Date Erected: 1809
Artists: John Bacon, the younger

People

Bensley, William
Age: 73
Date of Death: 17/12/1809
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Honourable East India Company

Extra

Bibliography: K.A. Esdaile 'English Church Monuments' (London, 1946) p.140.
Recorder: Barbara Tomlinson 10/2/1982
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