Ryde Cemetery
Sir Edmund Finucane Morris (General)
Title: Sir
Forenames: Edmund Finucane
Surnames: Morris
Date of Birth: 26/04/1792
Date of Death: 04/12/1871
Age at Death Years: 79
Military Rank: General
Map Reference Number: RSHG 016 A1
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section G Plots 983 & 984
Grave Description: LARGE PLOT WITH A CHEST TOMB OF MARBLE AND STONE. AT THE EAST END A SMALL CROSS IS ENGRAVED IN RELIEF. PART OF THE TOMB APPEARS TO ONCE HAVE HAD SOME PARTS PINK.
EVIDENCE THAT ONCE THERE WERE RAILINGS
EVIDENCE THAT ONCE THERE WERE RAILINGS
Grave Condition Description: Quite good but getting discoloured. The railings have been removed
Old Website Grave ID: 4354
Inscription:
(south facing)
IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF
GENERAL SIR EDMUND FINUCANE MORRIS, K.C.B.
LATE COLONEL OF THE 49th REGT:
BORN 26th APR 1792 DIED 4th DEC 1871
"LOOK UNTO ME, AND BE YE SAVED ALL THE ENDS OF THE EARTH"
Isaiah xlv. 22.
(north facing)
ELIZABETH MARTHA, WIDOW OF
GENERAL SIR EDMUND FINUCANE MORRIS, K.C.B.
LATE COLONEL OF THE 49th REGT:
DIED AT ST. GEORGE'S LODGE, RYDE, ISLE OF WIGHT, ON THE 5TH NOVEMBER 1880
IN THE 82nd year of her age.
"WHEN HE SHALL APPEAR, WE SHALL BE LIKE HIM, FOR WE SHALL SEE HIM AS HE IS." John.111.2
Photographs:
E & E Morris (Oct 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
E & E Morris (Oct 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
E & E Morris (Oct 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Related Documents:
PDF file: Census; Death.''Entry from the 1871 census and the death notice from the IW Times.''
PDF file: Army Lists; Rewards; Heraldica. ''Details from the Army Lists, Rewards for meritorious service and Heraldica.''
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