Memorial to John Markland Rawson

Halifax Parish Church



Memorial to John Markland Rawson in Halifax Parish Church

A memorial to John Markland Rawson, by Westmacott erected by his father in the south aisle of Halifax Parish Church


TO THE MEMORY OF
JOHN MARKLAND RAWSON
ELDEST SON OF JOHN RAWSON, OF ASH GROVE,
WHO PERISHED WITH 8 SEAMEN, IN SIMON'S BAY, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE
BY THE SWAMPING OF THE PINNANCE OF H.M.S. OWEN GLENDOWER,
ON THE 10TH MARCH, 1826,
IN THE 19TH YEAR OF HIS AGE.
HIS AFFLICTED PARENT DEDICATES THIS MONUMENT

This image is taken from Crabtree's Concise History of the Parish & Vicarage of Halifax



© Malcolm Bull 2022
Revised 18:26 / 19th December 2022 / 2918

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