East Sussex Church Monuments - 1530 to 1830 - Archive of Photographs
by Professor Nigel Llewellyn

(86) EAST GRINSTEAD, St. Swithun


86C Mural monument for Charles ABBOT, Baron COLCHESTER, d. 1829

-  South aisle wall, towards West end, above head height.

-  120(W) x 80(H)~Very good.

-  Simple composition; M.I. (13 lines, engraved) on unframed white marble tablet; black baseplate; signed (lower left): 'WILLSON, SCULP.t / LONDON'.

-  Rt. Hon. Charles Abbot, 14 Oct 1757 - 8 May 1829, Speaker of the House of Commons for more than 15 years; Baron Colchester from 3 Jun 1817.