Thomas Henry Graham

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Reference WMO/297069

Address:

Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Church Road

Shapwick

TA7 9NE

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Stone Marble
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • Revolutionary/Napoleonic (1792-1815)
About the memorial: Marble Tablet surmounted by a Marble Urn. Killed in the same engagement as William Cator, see WMO 297068 in this church.
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SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF/ THOMAS HENRY GRAHAM, ESQ. OF THE HON. EAST INDIA COMPANY'S/ SERVICE AT BENGAL: WHEN ON HIS RETURN TO CALCUTTA IN THE KENT/ EAST INDIAMAN, WAS SLAIN BY A MUSKET BALL FROM A FRENCH/ PRIVATEER OF 36 GUNS ON THE 7TH OF OCTOBER, 1800 IN THE BAY OF BENGAL./THE JUST PROPENSITY OF AN HONEST AND GOOD HEART/ GAVE A GODLY PRESAGE OF TALENT AND VIRTUES, ADAPTED/ TO BENEFIT, TO DELIGHT AN IMPARTIAL SOCIETY/ WHEN THE VALUED AND VERSATILE POWERS OF A VIGOROUS MIND DID ACQUIRE/ WHATEVER OF [GOODNESS] OR USE THE SCHOOL OF WESTMINSTER OR UNIVERSITY/ OF GLASGOW COULD BESTOW./ HE INDULGED THE FOND BUT FRUITLESS WISH TO RETURN TO THE EAGER EXPAECTATION AND THE ARDENT HOPE OF AN ANXIOUS FATHER WHO SAW IN HIS SON THE WELL-EARNED RECOMPENSE OF AN HONOURABLE LIFE WITHIN VIEW OF A DESTINED PORT THUS FATALLY INTERCEPTED./ RIGHTEOUS ART THOU, OH LORD, WHEN I PLED WITH THEE YET LET ME TALK WITH THEE OF THY JUDGMENTS. THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY HIS UNCLE, GEORGE TEMPLER, ESQ. OF THIS PARISH

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