Saint Columb's Cathedral Memorial Plaques, County Derry, N. Ireland Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives Derry Index Derry/Londonderry Headstone Index Copyright Contributed by: Ian Bartlett ian.bartlett@btinternet.com Photos _________________________________ SAINT COLUMB'S CATHEDRAL MEMORIAL PLAQUES, COUNTY DERRY, NORTHERN IRELAND Photo No.0 To The Memory of | JAMES MAJOR BOGGS Esqr | of Belmount | Who Died the 30th Day of April 1841 | Aged 74 Years. Photo No.1 To the Memory of | ARCHIBALD BOYD, Esqr | Treasurer of the County of Londonderry for six & thirty years | and some time senior burgess of the Corporation of this City | through life a virtuous citizen and an upright man | An unassuming deportment bespoke the humility of a Christian spirit | and plicity of manner a heart to which duplicity or disguise | was unknown | Too high minded to ask favours, too pure to purchase them | he passed through life unfettered by obligation | and in the full enjoyment of honourable independence | In his friendships steady and sincere | he served many and served them well | looking for requital less in the gratitude of mankind | than the approbation of a benevolent heart | To record his virtues is less the design of this tablet | than to receive the tribute of conjugal affection | and the veneration of ten dutiful children | To the memory of a beloved husband and affectionate father | Obiit 27 Decemb. 1825 AEtat : suae 75. Photo No.2 In Memory of | JOHN Mc NEIL BOYD D, R.N. | Captain of H.M.S. Ajax | Who | In The Hurricane of the 9th Feby 1861 | Sacrificed His Own Life | In The Noble Act of Saving The Lives of Others | By Obeying | With The Brave Companions of his Fate | The Never-Disregarded Call to Danger and To Duty | To Commemorate | The Name, The Career and the Death | of One in Whom Were Signally United | The High Qualities of the Intrepid Commander | The Accomplished Sailor, The Warm Friend | And The Consistent Christian | This Monument | Is Erected By The Inhabitants of | His Native City | Obiit 8 Feb 1861 | AETAT SUAE| XLIX Photo No.3 By Her Children, In Memory of | Their Loving and Tender Mother | MARY ANNA | Wife of | THOMAS CHAMBERS | Aberfoyle, Londonderry | Who Fell Asleep in Jesus on the | 22nd Day of March 1879 | Also of Their Loved and Honored Father | THOMAS CHAMBERS | Who Fell Asleep On The 9th April 1889. Photo No.4 To The Glory of God | And in Loving Memory of | Captain EDWARD GEORGE HARVEY | The Duke of Edinburgh's Wiltshire Regiment | And Royal Flying Corps | Who Was Killed in Action Near Hooge | On 16th June 1916 Aged 32 . Photo No.5 In Memory of | The Revd ROBERT HIGINBOTHAM A.M. | During Seven Years Curate of This Church and Parish | Where Both By His Preaching and Living He Set Forth The Word of God | Making Full Proof of His Ministry | Cut Off By Fever Contracted in the Discharge of his Duty He Entered Into Rest | October 14th 1857 Aged 33 Years | His Friends Of All Classes and Creeds in the City and Neighbourhood of Derry | Have Erected This Tablet. Photo No.6 This Tablet | Erected By The Ladies of Londonderry | Is Intended To Commemorate | The Endearing Worth of | JANE LADY HILL | Their Beloved Friend | And To Them a Bright Example | Of That Faith | Which Worketh By Love | She Died In The Island Of Trinidad | November 2nd 1836 (?) | Aged 68. Photo No.7 Under this stone lye buried the remains of | WILLIAM HOGG Esq. late an Aldermn of | this City who died the 3rd of July 1770 Aged 75 years | Also the body of ALEX. LECKY Esq. late an | Alderm who died 1717 & of of ALICIA His wife & | of THOMAS LECKY Esq. Aldm son to the above | mentioned Alex. who died 1710 Aged 37 yrs | Also the body of ALEXANDER LECKY Esq. | And JANE his Wife. He was the son of the before | mentioned THOMAS and died the 6th of May 1748 | Aged 29 years. she was Daughter to the beford mentioned WILLIAM HOGG and died the 20th of | December 1757 Aged 32 yrs. | Also the body of Alderman WILLIAM LECKY son of the above | named ALEXANDER and JANE. He was for 7 years | an Incorruptible Representative in Parliament | and for 50 an able just and fearless Magistrate | of this City. He died on the 16th of May 1823 | in the 77th year of his age | Also the body of HANNAH his wife | Daughter | of CONOLLY McCAUSLAND Esqr of Fruithill in this County. She died on the 26th of Augst 1826 aged | 75 years. Also the Body of SIDNEY their 3d | Daughter who died on the 24th of Novr 1833 | in her 48th year. Also the Body of ALEXANDER | their third son who died on the 11th of February | 1852, aged 67 years. Photo No.8 This Tablet | is Erected To the Memory of | FRANCES | Wife of Alderman THOMAS KENNEDY | And Daughter of the Late | DICKSON CONINGHAN Esq | By Her Sisters | As a Record of Their Love | Obiit 27th June 1840. Photo No.9 Sacred | To The Memory of | The Honorable and Right Reverend |WILLIAM KNOX, D. D. | Lord Bishop of Derry | This monument has been erected by the Clergy and Laity | of all denominations of his Diocese | to perpetuate the remembrance of that tolerant and Christian Spirit | which for twenty- seven years marked his Episcopate | that munificence which reared and fostered the public tutions of this city | and that unaffected benevolence, which, animating and adorning his life | secured the gratitude and even the affections of all classes of Society | He died the 10th July 1831 in the 71st year of his age. Photo No.10 See No.9 Photo No.11 This Tablet was Erected By | The Officers of The H.E.I.C. 33rd Regt Madras N.I. | To The Memory of the Late | JOHN GAY LEATHEM of This City Esqre | Who Was An Ensign of That Corps | to Testify the High Esteem Which They | Entertained For Him Whilst He Was Alive | And Their Deep And Unfeigned Regret | For His Death | He Died at St. Thome on 2nd November 1830 | In the 25 Year Of His Age. Photo No.12 This old stone, with the consent of the LECKY family | was brought her in 1927, to ensure its preservation | and a new stone substituted for it in the grounds of | this Cathedral, under the terms of the Will of the late | Lieut-Colonel CECIL HAMILTON BROWNE- LECKY, D.L., J.P., | in Memory of his Brother | Captain WILLIAM LECKY HAMILTON BROWNE, R.N. , D.L. | this distinguished officer, who died on the 12th December | 1900, while commanding H.M.S. Severn at Harwich, in | the 40th year of his service to the Queen, was a | descendant, and heir to portion of the estate, of the | above named WILLIAM LECKY, M.P. Photo No.13 This Tomb | with the consent of the LECKY | family, was entirely renovated | in 1927, under the terms of the | Will of the late Lieut.- Colonel | CECIL HAMILTON BROWNE LECKY | D.L. J.P. of Comber House Claudy | Co. Londonderry, in memory of | his brother, Captain WILLIAM | LECKY HAMILTON BROWNE, R.N., D.L. | This Distinguished officer, who | died on the 12th December, 1900 | while commanding H.M.S. Severn | at Harwich in the 40th year of | his service to the Queen, was | a descndant, and heir to | portion of the estate of the | above names WILLIAM LECKY, M.P. Photo No.14 This Tablet is Erected | To The Memory of | RICHARD WELLS LLOYD | Son of the Late MINCHIN LLOYD | of Summer Hill, Coroner of this | City | Who Was Drowned in the River Hoogly | Off Calcutta, While an Apprentice of the | Ship ?Slieve Donard? 20th January, 1874 | Aged 19 Years | This is Erected By His Yound Friends of this | City, Expressive of their High Regard | And Esteem for Him During His | Short Career in Derry. Photo No.15 In | Loving Memory | of | HUGH CHETHAM LYLE | of Tamnach Co. Londonderry | Castruse and Cairna...? | Co. Donegal | Lt. Colonel Royal Artillery | Son of HUGH LYLE, Esq. D.L. | And of | CATHERINE BATESON, His Wife | Born 7th May 1835 | Died at Reading | 30th August 1897 | This Tablet is Erected By His | Widow and Children | Also in Memory of | SAMUEL JAMES LYLE | Lieutenant 70th Regiment | Brother of the Above | Who Died at Ferozapore | 7th September 1854 | Aged 25 Years. Photo No.16 In Memory | of | MARGARET | The Beloved Wife of | Major J. MAXWELL | H. M. 34th Regt | Who Departed This Life | At Roy Bareilly | July 17th 1862 | Aged 33 Years | And 11 Months | Erected By Her Brothers & Sisters, Children of PATRICK GILMOUR of the Grove, Londonderry. Photo No.17 In Memory of | VALENTINE MUNBEE Mc MASTER, M.D. .. | Surgeon 78th Highlanders | Who Died at Belfast | On the 22nd January, 1872 | Aged 37 Years | This Tablet Was Placed Here By The | Officers, Non- Commissioned Officers, And | Privates of His Regiment, To Mark Their | Appreciation of The Many Good Qualities | Which He Evinced in the Discharge of His | Duties Both in the Field and in Quarters. Photo No.18 To The Glory of God and in Memory of | KERR McCLINTOCK | The Imperial Light Horse | Son of Captain T.M Mc CLINTOCK, J.P, of Hampstead Hall In This Parish | Born 5th August, 1867 | Killed in Action At The Battle of Elands Laacte, South Africa | 21st October, 1899 | His Mortal Remains Lie Buried On The Field Of Battle. Photo No.19 As A Tribute to His Private Worth | And in Grateful Remembrance of | Much Kindness | this Tablet is Erected By | MARY GORE | To the Memory of Her Brother in Law | CROKER MILLER | Late of This City, And Formerly | Captain in the 17th Regt of Foot | Born, Feby 26th 1805, Died July 16th 1857. Photo No.20 Sacred | To the Memory of | LETITIA | Widow of Major | VALENTINE MUNBEE | of Horringer Hall Suffolk | And Second Daughter of | ALEXANDER YOUNG Esquire | of Coolkeiragh near Londonderry | Who Died on The XIIth February | A.D. MDCCCLIX. Aged LXXXV | This Token of Respect To | The Memory of His Beloved | Mother Is Erected By Her Son | GORE BOLAND MUNBEE. Photo No.21 In | Memory of | HARVEY NICHOLSON, Esqre | Born in this City 1st of January, 1795 | Died at Roe-Park, In This County | 11th of March, 1865. Photo No.22 To The Memory of | FRANCIS ROGAN M.D. F.R.C.S. _? | This Monument is Erected | By A number of His Friends and Admirers | In Testimony of Their Affection and Esteem | For His Social And Moral Qualities | As Well As Their Admiration of The Talent And Acquirements | Which Obtained For Him a Professional Eminence | Rarely Equalled | He died on the 13th of August 1854 aged 68 | after a most useful and distinguished career | of nearly 40 years. Photo No.23 Same as No.23 Photo No.24 To the memory of | ADAM SCHOALES, Esq., for some years senior alderman of the corporation of Londonderry | ?? He departed This Life 6th of May, 1803 | In the 84th year of his age | Also To The Memory of His Wife ELIZABETH| Daughter of the Rev. GEO. ALCOCK Rector of ___? | and grand daughter of the Right Rev. HENRY DOWNES| Lord Bishop of Derry| She was exemplary as a wife and mother| expemplary as a cristian| in mind and spirit as well as in profession| she was a member of the Church of England| and in the whole tenor of her ___? Life| she manifested that pure and peaceful piety| which is now so seldom found| but in the lives and writings of the venerable dead| She died on the 24th of August, 1790 | aged 69 years| The survivors of their sixteen children,| of whom nine lie interred near this place| have caused this grateful memorial| to be erected.| MDCCCXXI. Photo No.25 Sacred | to The Memory of | ANNE, The Beloved Wife of | Lt. General H. A. SCOTT | Royal Artillery | Daughter of ROBERT ALEXANDER, Esq. | of Boomhall, Near This City | Died at the Rangers, Dursley | Sepr. 18th 1865, Aged 85 | And of the Aforesaid | General, H.A. SCOTT R.A. | Who Died At the Grange | Alderley, Gloucestershire | Augt 1st 1868, Aged 88 | And of ANNIE His Daughter Wife of | B.H. HODGSON Esq. Retired List of The | Bengal Civil Service | Who Died Also at The Grange, Jan 3rd 1868, Aged 52 | Photo No.26 Sacred To The Memory of | ROBERT JAMES SCOTT Esquire | of the Bengal Civil Service | Who Died At Epsom October 20th 1864 | At The Age of 41 Years | Of An Illness Contracted in India | Where By His Public Conduct and Talents | He Attained | To The Summit of His Honorable Profession | Having Been Appointed | A Judge of the Supreme Court of Judicature | for Bengal | And Where By His Private Virtues | He Won The Esteem and Regard | of a Wide Circle of Friends | And Fellow Civilians | erected By His | Affectionate and Sorrowing Parents | Lieut: General SCOTT R.A. A Freeman of Derry | And ANNE ALEXANDER SCOTT | Formerly of Boomhall Near Derry | His Wife. Photo No.27 To The Memory of | ALEXANDER SKIPTON, M.D. F.R.C.S.I | This Tablet is Erected by His | Professional Brethren | of Derry and the Neighbourhood | As a Testimony of Their | Affection and Respect | Obiit 1st, October, 1858. Photo No.28 To The Memory of JOHN TOMKINS | and REBECCA His Wife | ALEXANDER TOMKINS | and ELIZABETH his Wife | and of | JOHN, SAMUEL and REBECCA | ELIZABETH MARGRET and FANNY | Children to the sd ALEXANDER TOMKINS | He died the 11th day of January 1741 | and by his will ordered this Monument | to be Erected. Photo No.29 JOHN ELVIN ... died on 29 December 1676 in his 102nd year. Also ALEXANDER TOMPKINS who died on 18 February 1642 All images Copyright by Photographer