KK-STMG-319

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

Sacred to the memory/ of Charles Lloyd/ son of Thomas Lloyd & Mary the daughter of Sir Charles Whitworth K. B./ born the 14th of January 1780; who being with his/ regiment at Kilkenny on the march to Cork, in/ order to embark for Portugal, was on the 5th day of/ Februrary 1809 drowned in the river Nore./ He on the 14th of October 1808 was married to/ Emma daughter of General John Hale/ of Gosborough in Yorkshire./ It is she who in honour of his virtues/ and indulgence of her own affection/ causes this memorial to be erected/ in this consecrated place

Memorial Type: 
Mural Plaque
Grave location
County: 
Kilkenny
Additional details
Erected by: 
Emma Lloyd al. Hale
Relationship: 
Wife
Denomination: 
Church of Ireland
Orientation of face: 
North
Number of components: 
1
Inscribed faces: 
1
Height (cm): 
101
Width (cm): 
69
Thickness (mm): 
0
Memorial date stated
Year: 
0
Memorial date inferred: 
1809
Inscription date primary: 
1809
Memorial material: 
Limestone
Condition of grave: 
Sound, in place
Condition of inscription: 
Clear
Technique of inscription: 
Incised painted
Name of recorder: 
P. Kenny
Number of people commemorated: 
0
Notes: 

Mural plaque with flat top surmounted by an heraldic shield. Below this is the main panel which is flat with a protruding inscribed hemisphere. The entire monument rests on a small moulded plinth.