Wall tablet in St Peter’s Church, Titchfield, Hampshire, commemorating Edward Ives d. 1786

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St Peter's Church, Titchfield, Hampshire, England

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'Sacred / to the memory of / EDWARD IVES Esquire / formerly Surgeon / of / the Kent / commanded by / Vice-Admiral WATSON / and of / his Majesty's Hospital / in the East Indies; / whose Remains are interred / in this Church. / Born at Lymington Feby 9th 1719, / Died at Bath September 26th 1786 / In the tender Connections / of Son and Brother, / of Husband Father and Friend; / In the constant exercise / of Humanity, Charity and Benevolence; / As an instructive and cheerful Companion / As a sincere lover of his Country; / As an upright and useful Magistrate; / As a liberal and unaffected Christian, / He afforded a striking Example / worthy of Imitation.' 'Of his offspring by ANN his wife, / the following were removed / from this Stage of sublunary Existence, / while in the full promise of Virtues, / worthy the Children / of such a Father. / ELIZA. Wife of EDWARD CLARK / Major in the Service / of the East India Company, / on their / Bengal Establishment; / Born April 8th 1760 / Died Augt. 19th 1783, / Buried at Coffimbazar / in Bengal. / ROBERT THOMAS IVES / of the civil Service / of the East India Company, of the same Establishment; Born Augt. 2nd 1763 / Died Decr. 3rd 1786. / JOHN RICHARD IVES / of St. John's College Cambridge, / Born April 3rd 1771, / Died Novr. 12th 1791.', 'Here also are interred the Remains of GERTRUDE IVES, / The Maiden Sister of EDWARD IVES Esquire / who died January 20th 1816, aged 88. / And of ANN his wife, / who died July 8th 1820, aged 88. / "And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace" 3 James V 18'

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