Monument at Thomas a Becket’s Church, Brightling commemorating Dr Primrose Blair d. 1819, Surgeon RN
Location
Thomas a Becket's Church, Brightling, East Sussex, England
Transcript
'TO THE MEMORY OF / DR PRIMROSE BLAIR / FORMERLY PHYSICIAN TO HIS MAJESTY'S FLEET IN THE WEST INDIES / WHO DIED ON THE 27TH DAY OF JANUARY 1819 / IN THE 60TH YEAR OF HIS AGE / HIS REMAINS ARE DEPOSITED IN THE VAULT ON THE NORTH SIDE OF / ST MARTIN'S CHURCH LONDON / HE WAS A MAN MOST EMINENT IN THE SKILL OF HIS PROFESSION / AND ONE OF INFLEXIBLE INTEGRITY / JOHN FULLER. D.D.D. ' [patron]
Details
Description: In white marble, an urn with snakes for handles on a grey baseplate.
Type: Wall monument
Position: North chancel arch pier
Materials: White marble; grey slate
Type: Wall monument
Position: North chancel arch pier
Materials: White marble; grey slate
People
Blair, Primrose
Age: 59
Date of Death: 27/1/1819
Cause of Death: unknown
Rank / Occupation: Physician
Organisation: Royal Navy
Age: 59
Date of Death: 27/1/1819
Cause of Death: unknown
Rank / Occupation: Physician
Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Bibliography: Nigel Llewellyn 'East Sussex Church Monuments 1530-1830' (Sussex Record Society, 2011)
Recorder: See biblio
Recorder: See biblio