Ladbroke, Sir Robert

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SACRED TO THE MEMORY
OF SIR ROBERT LADBROKE KN^T AND ALDERMAN
PRESIDENT OF CHRISTS HOSPITAL
AND OF THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE CHARITY SCHOOLS IN
LONDON AND WESTMINSTER;
LORD MAYOR IN MDCCXLVII
WHICH OFFICE HE EXECUTED SO MUCH TO HIS CREDIT
AND TO THE SATISFACTION OF HIS FELLOW-CITIZENS
THAT THEY FIXED UPON HIM AT THE NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
FOR ONE OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES IN PARLIAMENT:
WHICH IMPORTANT TRUST THEY CONTINUED HIM TILL HIS DEATH.
HE WAS A MAN OF A MOST MILD DISPOSITION;
DISINTERESTED IN HIS VIEWS; OPEN AND GENEROUS IN HIS CONDUCT:
AND SO INDEFATIGABLE IN PROMOTING THE TRUE INTERESTS
THAT HE VERY JUSTLY MERITED HIS TITLE OF
FATHER OF THE CITY.
AS HE LIVED GREATLY ESTEEMED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM
HE DIED MUCH LAMENTED OCT XXXI^ST MDCCLXXII AGED LXI YEARS
AND LIES BURIED IN A VAULT UNDER THIS CHURCH
WITH HIS AMIABLE LADY ELIZABETH. DAUGHTER OF JOHN BROWN ESQ
AND GRANDDAUGHTER OF JOHN PECK ESQ LATE OF THIS PARISH
WHOSE PROPERTY SHE CHIEFLY INHERITED
AND DIED UNIVERSALLY REGRETTED OCT 1ST MDCC LXVIII
AGED LIII YEARS
RICHARD LADBROKE LATE OF FRENCHES IN THE COUNTY OF SURREY ESQR
BY HIS WILL ORDERED THIS MONUMENT TO BE ERECTED.
AS A TRIBUTE OF RESPECT AND GRATITUDE
DUE TO SO WORTHY A MAN, SO GOOD AN UNCLE
AND SO FAITHFUL A GUARDIAN
MDCC XCIV