Wall tablet at St Mary’s Church, Margam commemorating William Llewellyn d. 1840, surgeon RN
Location
St Mary's Church, Margam, Neath Port Talbot, Wales
Transcript
'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / WILLIAM LLEWELLYN ESQ. / OF GLANAFON IN THIS PARISH / ONE OF HIS MAJESTY'S JUSTICES OF THE PEACE / FOR THE COUNTY OF GLAMORGAN / HE WAS BORN VII NOVEMBER MDCCLXXIII / AND DIED XXVI APRIL MDCCCXL / HIS REMAINS WITH THOSE OF HIS DAUGHTER / CAHERINE ANNE / WHO DIED IN INFANCY ARE DEPOSITED IN THE EASTERN PART / OF HIS CHURCHYARD / HE WAS EMINENT AS A SURGEON / IN THE ROYAL NAVY FOR TWENTY YEARS / DURING THE WAR / AND SUSTAINED A HIGH PROFESSIONAL REPUTATION / FOR THE REMAINDER OF HIS LIFE / IN AN EXTENSIVE PRACTICE / HIS DEPORTMENT WAS FRANK AND HONEST AND KIND / HIS JUDGMENT PRACTICAL AND SOUND / HE WAS MUCH RESPECTED AND BELOVED / WHEN LIVING / AND CORDIALLY LAMENTED WHEN HE DIED.'
Details
Type: Wall tablet
Position: South side of Nave
Materials: marble
Artists: P. Rogers
People
Age: 66
Date of Death: 26/4/1840
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Surgeon RN
Organisation: Royal Navy