Belloc, Hilaire b. July 27, 1870 d. July 16, 1953 'Five yards East of this stone lies the body of Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953), for 28 years a member of the congregation of this Church of Our Lady of Consolation, in whose memory this tower and spire were completed in 1964 in grateful recognition of his zealous and unwavering profession of our Holy faith which he defended in his writing and noble verse. "This is the Faith that I have and hold and This is That in which i mean to die."' Joseph Hilaire Pierre Rene Belloc was born in La Celle Saint...[Read More] (Bio by: Iain MacFarlaine) Cause of death: Died of shock following burns Our Lady Of Consolation and St Francis Churchyard, West Grinstead, West Sussex, England
White, Antonia b. March 31, 1899 d. April 10, 1980 British Author. Born at 22 Perham Road, West Kensington in London, the only child of the classics master at St. Paul's School, her real name was Eirene Adeline Botting, but she never liked it and seldom used it, although both her real name and her pen-name appear on her tombstone (her mother's name, before her marriage, had been Christine White.) In 1906, her parents converted to Catholicism, and she was educated at the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Roehampton. At the age of sixteen, however...[Read More] (Bio by: Iain MacFarlaine) Our Lady Of Consolation and St Francis Churchyard, West Grinstead, West Sussex, England Plot: South of the church, parallel to the West wall
b. July 27, 1870 d. July 16, 1953