Monday Mourning ~ A Lover of Justice to Animals

To the

 Memory of

Rachel Morgan

Dearly Beloved Wife of

Benjamin Howell

Morgan

Who Passed Away

May 18 1920  Aged 43

A Noble Woman, A Staunch Friend

And a Lover of the Justice to Animals

Sir Benjamin

Howell Morgan

At Rest

July 16 1937

Love is the Fulfilling 

of the Law Rom 13.10

Josceline Menzies

Daughter

Born 7.3.1924

Died 5.6.2007

***

Sir Benjamin Howell Morgan, Engineer, Economist and Author who served on numerous committees concerned with trade and the Empire.

Angel of Death

The Angel of Death is the title given to this monument of George William Lancaster and his wife Louisa Mary who died on this day in 1922.

In Sweet and Loving Memory of

George William

Lancaster

23rd January 1920

Aged 66 Years

'Love Lives Forever'

The memorial was sculpted by Sydney March in Portland stone and Bronze and is a Grade II listed monument in East Sheen Cemetery. This work was influenced by North Italian tomb sculpture ~ especially Leonardo Bistolfi ~ and is considered one of the most significant examples of funerary sculpture.

The Lancasters were a north-country family who made their money in coal mining.

Their monument was described by Hugh Meller, author of London Cemeteries: An Illustrated Guide & Gazetteer, as 'arguably the most dramatic sculpture in any of London's cemeteries'. I have to admit that it is one of my favourites too.

Louisa Mary

Lancaster

Died

June 23rd 1922

'She Lived For Others' 

It is often said that truth is stranger than fiction and I recently found this very interesting article by Sheldon K Goodman about the relationship between George and his wife Louisa, whom he was not even married to, for the full story please continue to read his article..

https://cemeteryclub.wordpress.com/2015/12/24/the-bronze-angels-of-london/