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196 HISTORY OF
(211) . Admiral Kempenfelt.--A column, with the representation of the
Royal George in the act of sinking, a figure ascending, and an angel with a crown
and palm, compose the design of this monument, which is the sculpture of Bacon.
In memory of Richard Kempenfelt, Esq. Rear-Admiral of the Blue,
Who was lost in his Majesty's ship Royal George,
Which overset and sunk at Spithead on the 29th of August, 1782,
By which fatal event
About nine hundred persons were launched into eternity,
And his king and country deprived of the services of a just and meritorious officer,
In the sixty-fourth year of his age.
This monument was erected pursuant to the will of his brother,
Gustavus Adolpiius Kemfenfelt, Esq.
Who died at his seat, Lady-Place, Hurley, Berkshire, on the 11th March, 1808, aged eighty-seven ;
Of whose philanthropy and humanity;
His liberal subscriptions and bequests to most of the charitable institutions in this country,
Will be lasting records.
(212) . Henry the Third__This royal and once splendid tomb, but
now sacrilegiously deprived of the larger portion of its sumptuous decorations,
appears between the second and third pillars on the north side of Edward the
Confessor's chapel, and, in its elevated situation on the northern ambulatory
of the church, adds an impressive object to that solemn and beautiful scene.
Little is left on the tomb within the chapel but a tablet of porphyry; and the
part next the north aisle, within reach of the spoiler's hand, has shared the same
fate: but much of the upper division is in a perfect state. Two lozenges of verd
antique, and a square of porphyry, remain on this side. The effigy, from its size
and its substance, remains unhurt. The very paint on the wooden canopy is
nearly blistered off. Some idea may be formed of its original splendour from
(211) . Admiral Kempenfelt.--A column, with the representation of the
Royal George in the act of sinking, a figure ascending, and an angel with a crown
and palm, compose the design of this monument, which is the sculpture of Bacon.
In memory of Richard Kempenfelt, Esq. Rear-Admiral of the Blue,
Who was lost in his Majesty's ship Royal George,
Which overset and sunk at Spithead on the 29th of August, 1782,
By which fatal event
About nine hundred persons were launched into eternity,
And his king and country deprived of the services of a just and meritorious officer,
In the sixty-fourth year of his age.
This monument was erected pursuant to the will of his brother,
Gustavus Adolpiius Kemfenfelt, Esq.
Who died at his seat, Lady-Place, Hurley, Berkshire, on the 11th March, 1808, aged eighty-seven ;
Of whose philanthropy and humanity;
His liberal subscriptions and bequests to most of the charitable institutions in this country,
Will be lasting records.
(212) . Henry the Third__This royal and once splendid tomb, but
now sacrilegiously deprived of the larger portion of its sumptuous decorations,
appears between the second and third pillars on the north side of Edward the
Confessor's chapel, and, in its elevated situation on the northern ambulatory
of the church, adds an impressive object to that solemn and beautiful scene.
Little is left on the tomb within the chapel but a tablet of porphyry; and the
part next the north aisle, within reach of the spoiler's hand, has shared the same
fate: but much of the upper division is in a perfect state. Two lozenges of verd
antique, and a square of porphyry, remain on this side. The effigy, from its size
and its substance, remains unhurt. The very paint on the wooden canopy is
nearly blistered off. Some idea may be formed of its original splendour from