Memorial: M1085

Wall table in St Lawrence’s Church, Swindon, Gloucestershire commemorating Captain Edward Stopford RN d. 1837

Location

St Lawrence's Church, Swindon, Gloucestershire, England

Transcript

'Captain Edward Stopford RN eldest son of General the Hon. Edward and Letitia Stopford who after a lingering illness which he bore with exemplary firmness and resignation departed this life at Cheltenham 17 March 1837 in the 53rd year of his life'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: West end nave
Materials: Marble
Artists: Gardner

People

Stopford, Edward
Age: 52
Date of Death: 17/3/1837
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: David Saunders 1991

JSON

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