Wall tablet in St Mary’s Church, Sandwich, Kent commemorating Joseph Stewart, Secretary to the Board for Sick & Wounded Seamen, d. 1828
Location
St Mary's Church, Sandwich, Kent, England
Transcript
‘SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / JOSEPH STEWART ESQRE MANY YEARS SECRETARY TO THE HONBLE BOARD FOR / SICK AND WOUNDED SEAMEN, SOMERSET HOUSE, LONDON / AND / LATELY ONE OF HIS MAJESTY'S JUSTICES OF THE PEACE / FOR THE COUNTY OF KENT / AND A MAGISTRATE OF THIS HIS NATIVE TOWN / AND LIBERTIES / FIRM VIGILANT AND IMPARTIAL IN ADMINISTRATION / OF HIS PUBLIC FUNCTIONS: WARM SINCERE AND ACTIVE / IN THE PERFORMANCES OF THE DUTIES OF A PRIVATE STATION / THE TOWN / IN HIM LOST AN INDEPENDENT MAGISTRATE / AND A CONSTANT FRIEND / OBIIT 27 JUN:1828 AETATIS 66 / MAGISTRATUS INDICAVIT VIRUM / TO COMMEMORATE HIS VIRTUES AND HER AFFECTION / THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY / HIS WIDOW'
Details
Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Marble
People
Age: 66
Date of Death: 27/6/1828
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Secretary
Organisation: Board for sick and wounded seaman