Memorial: M6417

Wall tablet in Portsmouth Cathedral commemorating Elias Arnaud d. 1860

Location

Cathedral of Saint Thomas of Canterbury, Portsmouth, England

Transcript

'THIS TABLET / IS ERECTED TO THE BELOVED MEMORY / OF / ELIAS ARNAUD, Esqre. / FORMERLY COLLECTOR / OF H.M. CUSTOMS AT THIS PORT, / HE SUBSEQUENTLY FILLED / THE SAME OFFICE AT LIVERPOOL / FOR 32 YEARS, / AT WHICH PLACE HE DIED, / DEEPLY REGRETTED / BY HIS SORROWING FAMILY, / ON THE 29TH OF SEPTEMBER 1860 / AND WAS THERE INTERRED, / AGED 74 YEARS'

Details

Description: Rectangular white marble plaque with black text; quarter-circles cut from each corner of the plaque. On a black stone background which bears the stonemason's name bottom centre. Surmounted by the Arnaud family coat of arms, which is painted.

Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Stone
Artists: J. Craven

People

Arnaud, Elias
Age: 74
Date of Death: 29/9/1860
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Collector of Customs
Organisation: HM Customs

Extra

Notes: Other members of the Arnaud family are commemorated on a nearby plaque bearing the same coat of arms. Memorial M796 is dedicated to the same man at Liverpool.
Recorder: B. Tomlinson
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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