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SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF CAROLINE GERALDINE OLDEST DAUGHTER OF VICE ADMIRAL SIR ROBERT LEWIS FITZGERALD K.C.H AND JANE HIS WIFE WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE AGED 17 YEARS ON THE 19TH APRIL 1822.
ALSO TO THE MEMORY OF CHARLOTTE MARY FIFTH DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE NAMED SIR ROBERT LEWIS FITZGERALD AND JANE HIS WIFE, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE AGED 4 YEARS ON THE 30TH APRIL 1823. HEIR REMAINS ARE DEPOSITED IN A VAULT IN THE CHURCHYARD NEAR THIS SPOT. ALSO TO THE MEMORY OF JAMES LEWIS SECOND SON OF ABOVE NAMED SIR ROBERT LEWIS FITZGERALD AND JANE HIS WIFE WHO ON THE EVENING OF 30TH APRIL 1835, IN THE 29TH YEAR OF HIS AGE, BEING A LIEUTT. OF HIS MAJESTIES SHIP MELVILLE, BEARING THE FLAG OF OF THE ADMIRAL SIR JOHN GORE PERISHED IN ALGOA BAY, TOGETHER WITH THE WHOLE CREW OF THE BOAT UNDER HIS CHARGE, IN A FRUITLESS ATTEMPT TO SAVE THE LIFE OF HIS FRIEND LIEUTT GORE (SON OF SIR JOHN GORE) WHO HAD JUMPED OVERBOARD IN THE HOPE OF PRESERVING A SEAMAN WHO HAD FALLEN FROM THE UPPER RIGGING OF THE MELVILLE.
ALSO TO THE MEMORY OF JANE THE AFFECTIONATE AND ATTACHED WIFE DURING MORE THAN FORTY YEARS OF THE ABOVE NAMED SIR ROBERT LEWIS FITZGERALD AFTER A LONG AND PAINFUL ILLNESS DEPARTED THIS LIFE, AGED 63 YEARS ON THE 11 MAY 1841. HER REMAINS ARE DEPOSITED BY THE SIDE OF HER DAUGHTERS IN THE SAME VAULT IN THE CHURCHYARD NEAR THIS SPOT: ALSO TO THE MEMORY OF GEORGINA FAVELL, FOURTH DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE NAMED SIR ROBERT LEWIS FITZGERALD AND JANE HIS WIFE WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE AFTER TWO YEARS SUFFERING AGED 24 YEARS, ON THE 19TH NOV 1841:
HER REMAINS ARE DEPOSITED BY THE SIDE OF HER MOTHER ANS SISTERS IN THE SAME VAULT IN THE CHURCHYARD NEAR THIS SPOT.
THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY A BEREAVED AND SORROWING HUSBAND AND FATHER, WHO, AFTER HE SHALL HAVE BEEN LAID BY THE SIDE OF HIS DEAR DEPARTED ONES, HUMBLY HOPES, THROUGH THE MEDIATION OF HIS AND THEIR BLESSED REDEEMER TO REJOIN THEM IN THE MANSIOnS OF ETERNAL BLISS.
ALSO TO THE MEMORY OF GEORGE MILNER, YOUNGEST SON OF THE ABOVE NAMED SIR ROBERT LEWIS FITZGERALD AND JANE HIS WIFE, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE AFTER MUCH SUFFERING AGED 27 YEARS ON THE 27: APRIL 1843: HIS REMAINS ARE DEPOSITED IN THE CEMETERY ATTACHED TO THIS CHURCH.
AND IN THE VAULT IN THE CHURCHYARD WHICH CONTAINS THE REMAINS OF HIS WIFE AND THREE DAUGHTERS, ARE DEPOSITED THE REMAINS OF THE ABOVE NAMED SIR ROBERT LEWIS FITZGERALD VICE ADMIRAL OF THE RED, AND KNIGHT COMMANDER OF THE ROYAL HANOVERIAN GUELPHIC ORDER. HE DEPARTED THIS LIFE AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS OF GREAT BODILY SUFFERING AGED 68 YEARS ON THE 17: JANUARY 1844.
THIS INSCRIPTION IS ADDED BY HIS SURVIVING SONS AND DAUGHTERS IN TESTIMONY OF THEIR RESPECT FOR THE MEMORY OF AN AFFECTIONATE FATHER.
OMNES . REQUIESCANT IN PACE.
ALSO TO THE MEMORY OF MARIA PHILLIPA, THIRD DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE NAMED SIR ROBERT LEWIS FITZGERALD AND JANE HIS WIFE WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE AFTER AN ILLNESS OF NINE YEARS AGED 33 YEARS ON THE 18TH JULY 1845. HER REMAINS ARE DEPOSITED NEAR THOSE OF HER BROTHER IN THE CEMETERY ATTACHED TO THIS CHURCH.
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