Memorial to Alexander and Lucy Copland

Memorial to Alexander and Lucy Copland

c.1834

Stone

Stone and marble memorial to Alexander Copland (d.1834, aged 61) and Lucy Copland (d.1849, aged 72) who were both buried in the chancel vault of St Martin-in-the-Fields. The Copland's family also erected a monument to them in Ealing Church. White marble rectangular tablet within a fireplace like surround, with a flat mantlepiece, scrolled jambs.

Engraved on the memorial: IN THE CHANCEL VAULT OF THIS CHURCH ARE DEPOSITED THE REMAINS OF ALEXANDER COPLAND ESQr OF GUNNERSBURY PARK IN THIS COUNTY WHO WAS FOR MANY YEARS A MUCH RESPECTED RESIDENT OF THIS PARISH HE DIED AT HIS HOUSE IN GREAT GEORGE STREET, WESTMINSTER, JULY 12TH 1834, AGED 61 THE FAMILY HAVE ERECTED A MONUMENT TO HIS MEMORY IN EALING CHURCH, ALSO IN THE SAME VAULT BY THE SIDE OF THE ABOVE ALEXANDER COPLAND ESQre ARE DESPOSITED THE REMAINS OF HIS WIDOW LUCY COPLAND WHO DIED AT MAIDSTONE IN KENT OCTOBER 24TH 1849, AGED 72. SHE WAS HONOURED AND ESTEEMED BY ALL WHO KNEW HER. A MEMORIAL TO HER MEMORY IS ADDED ON THE MONUMENT IN EALING CHURCH, BY HER DAUGTHER THE ONLY SURVIOR OF HER FAMILY

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