Wall tablet in Church of St Thomas with St Nicholas, Bedhampton, Hampshire, commemorating Officer Trevor Letham of the Royal Marines d. 1832
Location
Church of St Thomas with St Nicholas, Bedhampton, Hampshire, England
Transcript
'...IN THE SAME VAULT WITH HIS LAMENTED WIFE, / NINE FEET FROM THE EAST, AND FIVE FEET FROM THE SOUTH WALL / OF THIS CHANCEL, ARE DEPOSITED THE REMAINS OF / THE ABOVE MENTIONED TREVOR HULL LETHAM ESQUR. / BORN 15TH OF MARCH 1765 DIED 10TH JANUARY 1832. / HE WAS THE SECOND SON OF HENRY LETHAM OF BLUNDEL HILL, BY MARY, YOUNGEST DAUGHTER / OF HERCULES BURLEIGH ESQR. OF CULCAVEY. COUNTY DOWN, AND FOURTH IN DESCENT FROM / JOHN LATHAM OF THE ANCIENT FAMILY OF THAT NAME IN LANCASHIRE. WHO SETTLED / IN IRELAND ABOUT THE YEAR 1649. HE SERVED FROM 1780 TO THE YEAR 1827 AS AN / OFFICER IN THE CORPS OF ROYAL MARINES AND WAS EVER CONSIDERED A ZEALOUS / OFFICER. A MAN OF UNIMPEACHABLE INTEGRITY, AND UNBLEMISHED HONOUR / Enter not into Judgement with thy Servant O LORD, for in thy sight shall / no man living be justified. / Psalm CXLIIII Verse 11nd'
Details
Materials: Black and white marble
Artists: S. More
People
Age:
Date of Death: 10/1/1832
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Officer RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Extra
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)