Wall tablet St Margaret’s Church, Westminster, London commemorating Commander Sir Peter Parker RN d. 1835
Location
St Margaret's Church, Westminster, London, England
Transcript
'THIS MOURNFUL TRIBUTE OF AFFECTION / IS ERECTED BY LADY PARKER / TO THE MEMORY OF HER / BELOVED CHILDREN / WHO REVERSING THE LAWS OF NATURE / HAVE PRECEDED HER TO THE GRAVE / SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF GEORGE PARKER / OBT. ON THE 16TH. OF NOVR. 1817, AGED 3 YEARS / ALSO OF CATHERINE BRUCE / OBT. AN INFANT ON THE 3RD OF APRIL 1821 / ALSO OF CHARLES EDMUND PARKER / OBT. ON THE 20TH MAY 1823, AGED 12 YEARS / ALSO OF MARIANNE BRUCE / OBT. ON THE 14TH. FEBY. 1832 AGED 12 YEARS / AND LASTLY SIR PETER PARKER BART. R.N. / WHO FELL A VICTIM TO THE NATURAL SMALL POX ON / THE 17TH. OF MARCH 1835, IN THE 26TH YEAR OF HIS AGE. / AN AWFUL ILLUSTRATION OF THE UNCERTAINTY / OF HUMAN LIFE AND THE INSCRUTABLE WAYS OF / PROVIDENCE, TO WHOSE DIVINE JUSTICE / SHE BOWS WITH RESIGNATION'
Details
Type: Wall tablet
Position: North wall east end
Materials: Beige marble
People
Age: 25
Date of Death: 17/3/1835
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS) 1993