Memorial

Colonel M Graham

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Current Location

ALL SAINTS CHURCH, Pickhill, Hambleton, North Yorkshire, YO7 4JW, England

SE 34719 83750

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 29828
Description: Tablet in a white marble surround
Inscription: NEAR THIS PLACE LIES THE BODY OF/ COLONEL METCALFE GRAHAM,/ WHO DIED ON THE 14TH DAY OF JANUARY 1758/ AGED 78 YEARS/ AT THE BATTLE OF BLENHEIM HE WAS ADJUTANT GENERAL/ AND BY HIS BRAVERY AND CONDUCT THERE/ OBTAINED THE FAVOUR AND FRIENDSHIP OF HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH/ HE MARRIED MRS ISABELLA JACOBA DE BONS OF BREDA/ WHOSE REMAINS WERE HERE DEPOSITED/ THE 25TH DAY OF MAY 1720/ AND BY HER HAD ISANE CATHERINE JACOBA/ THE SIFE OF SIR REGINALD GRAHAM BARONET/ HER FILIAL PIETY ERECTED THIS MONUMENT/ IN REMEMBRANCE OF HER PARENTS

Tablet

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good