Died aged 7 years old.
Died aged 7 years old.
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NEAR THIS PLACE RESTS IN THE PEACE OF GOD
JOSEPH PAXTON, KNIGHT, F.H.S., F.L.S.,
FOR ELEVEN YEARS MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FOR THE BOROUGH OF COVENTRY.
BORN AT MILTON BRYANT, CO. BEDFORD, 3RD AUG. 1803, DIED AT SYDENHAM, CO.KENT
8TH JUNE 1865. SIR JOSEPH PAXTON DESIGNED THE BUILDING OF THE GREAT
EXHIBITION AT LONDON IN 1851, AND THE CRYSTAL PALACE AT SYDENHAM.
AND THROUGH THE INFLUENCE OF HIS WORK AND WRITINGS HAS ADDED TO THE
CHARM OF GARDENS IN ALL COUNTRIES. HE WAS THE SERVANT AND DEVOTED
FRIEND OF WILLIAM SPENCER CAVENDISH, 6TH DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE, K.G.
ALSO IN MEMORY OF HIS WIDOW
SARAH, DAUGHTER OF THOMAS BOWN OF MATLOCK, CO. DERBY.
WHO DIED 12TH SEPTEMBER 1871
AND OF THEIR CHILDREN
WILLIAM AND LAURA, WHO DIED YOUNG.
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