[FOR THE BATH CHRONICLE.]
An elegant Monument of alabaster and statuary Marble, executed under the direction of Mr. King, of Walcot House, has lately been erected in the chancel of Kilmersdon Church, in this county, to the memory of Mr. Jolliffe, whose lamented decease we recorded in June last. The Tablet bears the following Inscription :
This Marble is consecrated to the Memory of
THOMAS SAMUEL JOLLIFFE, ESQUIRE,
Lord of the Hundreds of Kilmersdon and Wellow,
And Representative in successive Parliaments of the Borough of Petersfield
Descended from an ancient Family, of Norman original,
And allied to some of the chief Nobles of the Realm,
He filled an elevated Station in Society with distinguished Ability and Credit,
Conducting himself in all the various Relations of Life,
With the lofty and inflexible Spirit of
A HIGH-MINDED AND SCRUPULOUSLY HONOURABLE GENTLEMAN!
He expired on the 6th of June, 1824, at the close of his 78th Year,
Leaving two Sons and one Daughter.
A Mourning Family erect this Tablet over his ashes!
The imperfect Record of their Father’s virtues,
The faint Expression of their own Gratitude and Veneration.