Memorial No. | 270 |
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Surname(s) | OSWALD |
Memorial Type (1) | 5 Mounted on wall in enclosure |
Number Commemorated | 1 |
Material | Marble Inset in Granite |
Stonemason | |
Number of Components | 2 |
Condition of Monument (3) | 1 Sound, in situ. Shield in sandstone above - coat of arms - youth or Pan? and rampant lion |
Condition of Inscription (4) | 2 Clear but worn |
Dimensions in mm | H 1630 x W 1170 x D 160 |
Orientation (2) | 1 |
Faces Inscribed (2) | 1 |
Technique of Inscription | Inscribed |
Inscription 1 | IN MEMORY OF JAMES TOWNSEND OSWALD ESQ OF DUNNIKIER SOLE CHILD OF THE LATE HON JAMES OSWALD OF DUNNIKIER BY ELIZABETH TOWNSEND OF HUNTINGTON HALL WARWICKSHIRE |
Inscription 2 | AUDITOR OF HIS MAJESTY'S N. BRITISH EXCHEQUER SECRETARY & CLERK TO THE CROWN FOR THE LEEWARD ISLANDS AND FORMERLY REPRESENTATIVE IN PARLIAMENT FOR THE COUNTY OF FIFE AND KIRKCALDY DISTRICT OF BOROUGHS. HIS FATHER WAS AN EMINENT STATESMAN WHOSE TALENT AND VIRTUES PROCURED FOR HIM THE FAVOUR OF HIS SOVEREIGN AND THE GRATEFUL REGARD OF HIS COUNTRYMEN. NOR WAS THE SON LESS ENDOWED THAN THE SIRE FOR NATURE ADORNED HIM WITH EVERY GRACE OF MIND AND REASAON ADDED TO THE MORE SOLID EXCELLENCES THAT DIGNIFY THE HUMAN CHARACTER. A MOST AFFECTIONATE HUSBAND AN INDULGENT YET JUDICIOUS PARENT HE BEQUEATHED TO HIS FAMILYL A RESPECTED NAME AND INDICATED TO THEM THAT COURSE OF LIFE WHICH WHILE IT SECURES THE ESTEEM OF THE GOOD ON EARTH LEADS IT IS HUMBLY HOPED TO AN ETERNAL REWARD. THIS TRIBUTE TO HIS CHARACTER IS PAID BY HIS ELDESTSURVIVING SON AND BUT FEEBLY RECORDS THE SENTIMENTS OF LOVE AND VENERATION IN WHICH A GRATEFUL AND AFFLICETED FAMILY CHERISH THE MEMORY OF THEIR MOST AMICABLE AND ESTIMABLE PARENT. Ano AETs LXVI OBI MDCCCXIV |
(1) : 1 Flat, 2 Head, 3 Tomb, 4 Foot, 5. Other
(2) : 1 North, 2 North East, 3 East, 4 South East, 5 South, 6 South West, 7 West, 8 North West
(3) : 1 Sound in situ, 2 Sound displaced, 3 Leaning or falling apart, 4 collapsed, 5 Overgrown
(4) : 1 Mint, 2 Clear but worn, 3 Mainly decipherable, 4 Traces, 5 Illegible or destroyed
Information recorded 12/10/2008 by ROSEMARY POTTER
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