Sunday, April 28, 2013

The Bodorgan Connection 4


This large cross in the churchyard of St Cadwaladr's Church, Langadwaladr, Wales bear the following inscription: 


This cross erected by Sir George [Augustus Elliot Tapps-Gervis-] Meyrick Bart 
in loving memory of his uncle
Owen John Augustus Fuller Meyrick Esq
of Bodorgan
Died Feb 12 1876 aged 72
The memory of the just is blessed


Tuesday, April 09, 2013

The Bodorgan Connection 3

Of Augustus Elliot Fuller's ten children, only one, Clara Meyrick Fuller, had children. She married Sir George William Gervis-Tapps 2nd Bart on the 26th of  September 1826 in St James's, Piccadilly. Sadly, two weeks after the birth of their fourth child Clara died on the 27th of December 1832, aged 29. Their oldest son George Augustus Eliott Tapps-Gervis-Meyrick became the 3rd Baronet Meyrick and inherited John "Mad Jack" Fuller's country estate Rose Hill, Brightling Sussex. In 1879 he sold Rose Hill to Percy Tew who renamed it Brightling Park.

Memorial in St Cadwaladr church, Llangadwaladr, Anglesey, Wales:

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF 
RICHARD GARTH FULLER 
WHO DIED SEPTEMBER 16TH 1812 
AGED 16 DAYS 

JOHN FRANCIS FULLER
 DIED APRIL THE 12TH 1822 
AGED 16 YEARS 

WILLIAM LOWNDES FULLER 
DIED FEBRUARY THE 10TH 1825 
AGED 13 YEARS 

MARY FULLER 
DIED NOVEMBER THE 27TH 1831 
AGED 14 YEARS 

CLARA TAPPS 
WIFE OF GEORGE WILLIAM TAPPS ESQR 
DIED DECEMBER THE 27TH 1831 
AGED 29 YEARS 

THEY WERE THE CHILDREN OF 
AUGUSTUS ELIOTT FULLER ESQR AND CLARA HIS WIFE 
AND BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF 
OWEN J. A. FULLER MEYRICK ESQR
 OF BODORGAN, ANGLESEY


Monday, April 08, 2013

The Bodorgan Connection 2

Catherine Sarah Fuller was born in St James, Westminster and died unmarried in Clifford Street, London. She was the third of five daughters of Augustus Elliot Fuller, one of John Fuller's heirs. She was buried in the churchyard of St Cadwaladr church in Llangadwaladr, Anglesey, Wales on the 12th of June 1858. A memorial in the church reads:
In Memory of 
Catherine Sarah 
daughter of 
Augustus Elliot Fuller 
of Rose Hill and Ashdown House Sussex 
and Clara his wife 
born 
the ninth of November mdcccxiv [1814] 
and died 
the sixth of June  mdccclviii [1858]

Sunday, April 07, 2013

The Bodorgan Connection 1

We are now on holiday in Wales and have visited St. Cadwaladr Church in Llangwaladr, which is on the Bodorgan Estate. Jack Fuller's will provided for two main beneficiaries: his nephew (by his sister Elizabeth) Peregrine Palmer Fuller Palmer Acland and Augustus Elliot Fuller, the son of his first cousin John Trayton Fuller of Forest Row, Sussex. Augustus Elliot Fuller married Clara Meyrick of Bodorgan, Anglesey, Wales. This memorial, in the church, is to Clara Meyrick's father Owen Putland Meyrick:



IN MEMORY OF 
OWEN PUTLAND, THE SON OF OWEN MEYRICK, ESQR 
OF BODORGAN; 
WHO DIED MARCH 24TH 1825, AGED 72 YEARS, 
A TRULY HONEST MAN: 
WHOSE DELIGHT WAS TO DO GOOD, 
AND
 "TO DWELL AMONG HIS OWN PEOPLE." 
HIS DISCONSOLATE WIDOW 
HERE RECORDS HIS WORTH AND HER OWN AFFLICTION: 

He married Clara, daughter of Richard Garth, 
Esqr of Morden, Surry (sic), with whom he lived in happy 
union 50 years, and by her has left two only 
surviving children, CLARA, the Wife of 
AUGUSTUS ELLIOT FULLER, and LUCY ELIZABETH 
now the widow of ISAAC HARTMAN, Esqr. His only 
son, OWEN GARTH, was born August the 16th 1776
 and died September 1783, aged 7 Years.

Tuesday, April 02, 2013

William Mackenzie's Pyramid, Church of Saint Andrew, Liverpool

In the churchyard of this Presbyterian church, closed since 1975, stands a pyramid mausoleum dedicated to William Mackenzie. He was born on the 20th of March in 1794 at Nelson, Lancashire and died on 29 October 1851 at his home at 74 Grove Street, Liverpool. Mackenzie was a civil engineer and contractor who worked on canals, tunnels and railways throughout the United Kingdom and parts of Europe.

Legend has it that Mackenzie was a gambler who had a wager with the devil and so asked to be interred seated upright holding a winning hand of cards so Satan couldn't claim his soul after his death.

This seems highly unlikely as the pyramid was commissioned by his younger brother, and sole heir, Edward, in 1868 which was seventeen years after his death. An inscription reads: "In the vault beneath lie the remains of William Mackenzie of Newbie, Dumfriesshire, Esquire who died 29th October 1851 aged 57 years. Also, Mary his wife, who died 19th December 1838 aged 48 years and Sarah, his second wife who died 9th December 1867 aged 60 years. This monument was erected by his Brother Edward as a token of love and affection A.D. 1868. The memory of the just is blessed". Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Mackenzie_(contractor)

The day we visited was cold, overcast and light snow was falling. The church is under extensive renovations but I believe it has been decommissioned so more research is needed to find out about its future.