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158 HISTORY OF
Rome, from an ancient marble in the Villa Mattei, and was brought from Italy
by Sir Robert Walpole. The virtues and admirable qualities of this excellent
lady, are recorded in the following inscription :—" To the memory of Catharine
" Lady Walpole, eldest daughter of John Shorter, Esq. of Bybrook in Kent,
" and first wife of Sir Robert Walpole, afterwards Earl of Orford ; Horace, her
" youngest son, consecrates this monument. She had beauty and wit, without
" vice or vanity ; and cultivated the arts without affectation. She was devout,
«' though without bigotry to any sect; and was without prejudice to any party,
" though the wife of a minister, whose power she esteemed but when she could
" employ it to benefit the miserable, or to reward the meritorious. She loved
" a private life, though born to shine in public; and was an ornament to courts,
" untainted by them. She died August 20, 1737."
(167.) George Monck, Duke of Albemarle.-This monument, which
occupies the first arch at the east end of the same aisle, consists of a rostral column,
crowned with the family arms, the statue of the duke in armour, and a weeping
figure : a medallion, with a sword and other warlike implements, are arranged
without taste, and of moderate execution. He died January 4, 1670, and was
buried here in great pomp the last day of April following, after having laid in
state several weeks. It must appear strange that this should be the only inscription
which appears on the monument of a man, who, without bloodshed, restored
monarchy, religion, and constitutional order to his country.—" Grace Countess
" Granville, Viscountess Carteret, relict of George Lord Carteret, Baron of
" Hawnes, and youngest daughter of John Granville, Earl of Bath ; John Earl
" Gower, Viscount Trentham, Baron of Sittenham, grandson of Lady Jane
" Leveson Gower, eldest daughter of the said Earl of Bath ; Bernard Granville,
" Esq. grandson of Bernard Granville, brother to the said Earl of Bath; have
" erected this monument in pursuance of the will of Christopher Duke of
" Albemarle."—Gul. Kent, inv.; P. Scheemakers, fee.
Rome, from an ancient marble in the Villa Mattei, and was brought from Italy
by Sir Robert Walpole. The virtues and admirable qualities of this excellent
lady, are recorded in the following inscription :—" To the memory of Catharine
" Lady Walpole, eldest daughter of John Shorter, Esq. of Bybrook in Kent,
" and first wife of Sir Robert Walpole, afterwards Earl of Orford ; Horace, her
" youngest son, consecrates this monument. She had beauty and wit, without
" vice or vanity ; and cultivated the arts without affectation. She was devout,
«' though without bigotry to any sect; and was without prejudice to any party,
" though the wife of a minister, whose power she esteemed but when she could
" employ it to benefit the miserable, or to reward the meritorious. She loved
" a private life, though born to shine in public; and was an ornament to courts,
" untainted by them. She died August 20, 1737."
(167.) George Monck, Duke of Albemarle.-This monument, which
occupies the first arch at the east end of the same aisle, consists of a rostral column,
crowned with the family arms, the statue of the duke in armour, and a weeping
figure : a medallion, with a sword and other warlike implements, are arranged
without taste, and of moderate execution. He died January 4, 1670, and was
buried here in great pomp the last day of April following, after having laid in
state several weeks. It must appear strange that this should be the only inscription
which appears on the monument of a man, who, without bloodshed, restored
monarchy, religion, and constitutional order to his country.—" Grace Countess
" Granville, Viscountess Carteret, relict of George Lord Carteret, Baron of
" Hawnes, and youngest daughter of John Granville, Earl of Bath ; John Earl
" Gower, Viscount Trentham, Baron of Sittenham, grandson of Lady Jane
" Leveson Gower, eldest daughter of the said Earl of Bath ; Bernard Granville,
" Esq. grandson of Bernard Granville, brother to the said Earl of Bath; have
" erected this monument in pursuance of the will of Christopher Duke of
" Albemarle."—Gul. Kent, inv.; P. Scheemakers, fee.