KK-STMG-343

Graveyard: 
St. Mary's
Exact wording of epitaph: 

To the memory of some members of the KINGSMILL Family born in/ Kilkenny whose ancestors monuments stand outside St. Mary's Church./ WILLIAM born 1793 an officer of the 66th Regt., served through the Peninsular/ War & at St. Helena guarding Napoleon. Lt Colonel Canadian Militia/ for 21 years Sheriff of Niagara and buried there 1876. His grandson/ Adml. Sir Charles E. KINGSMILL R.N. formed and commanded the/ first Canadian Naval Force in World War I; died 1935 aged 80./ PARR KINGSMILL born 1786 Lieut. 88th Regt; Connaught Rangers,/ wounded in the Peninsular War, Mayor of Kilkenny 1835-6,/ buried there 1840 leaving issue in England and a branch in/ Australia, descended from CHARLES KINGSMILL Canon of Goulburn N.S.W./ WILLIAM KINGSMILL born 1788 lieut. 88th Regt./ Connaught Rangers,/ crippled at Ciudad Rodrigo, later of Frankford, died 1854 buried at Ballyboy/ King's Co. His son WALTER, a pioneer settler in S. Australia had a younger son/ Sir WALTER KINGSMILL President of the Commonwealth Senate 1929-32./ The earlier monuments were repaired 1947-8 and this tablIt erected by/ Major WALTER K. COOK KINGSMILL of the Late Indian Army.

Memorial Type: 
Mural pla
Grave location
County: 
Kilkenny
Additional details
Erected by: 
Major Walter K. Cook Kingsmill
Relationship: 
Decendant
Denomination: 
Church of Ireland
Orientation of face: 
South
Number of components: 
2
Inscribed faces: 
1
Height (cm): 
66
Width (cm): 
106
Thickness (mm): 
0
Memorial date stated
Year: 
1948
Memorial date inferred: 
0
Inscription date primary: 
1840
Memorial material: 
Marble, limestone
Condition of grave: 
Sound, displaced
Condition of inscription: 
Mint
Technique of inscription: 
Incised painted
Name of recorder: 
P. Kenny
Number of people commemorated: 
0
Notes: 

Rectangular white-marble slab affixed to a slightly larger rectangular black-marble ground.