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Title
Tomb of Andrew Ducrow
Date
1837
Medium
rendered brick & Carrara marble
Accession number
W10_JR_S012
Acquisition method
funded by Andrew Ducrow
Work type
Tomb or mausoleum
Owner
Ducrow family
Custodian
Kensal Green Cemetery
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II* (England and Wales)
Listing date
07/11/84
Access
time restrictions apply
Access note
Cemetery opening times.
Inscription description
above doorway: THE / FAMILY TOMB OF / ANDREW DUCROW / ERECTED ANNO DOMIN 1837 plaque: WITHIN THIS TOMB / ERECTED BY GENIUS FOR THE RECEPTION / OF ITS OWN REMAINS ARE DEPOSITED THOSE OF / ANDREW DUCROW / MANY YEARS LESSEE OF THE ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE LONDON / MOST DEATH DEPRIVED THE ARTS AND SCIENCE / OF AN EMINENT PROFESSOR AND LIBERAL PATRON / HIS FAMILY OF AN AFFECTIONATE HUSBAND AND FATHER / AND THE WORLD OF AN UPRIGHT MAN / HE WAS BORN IN LONDON 10TH OCT 1793, AND DIED 27TH JAN 1842 / AND TO COMMEMORATE SUCH VIRTUES / HIS AFFLICTED WIDOW HAS ERECTED / THIS TRIBUTE. / ALSO OF ANDREW DUCROW / ENSIGN 40TH REGIMENT / YOUNGEST SON OF THE ABOVE / WHO DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED WHILST GALLENTLY LEADING HIS MEN / IN THE ATTACK ON RANGIRIRI NEW ZEALAND NOV 20TH 1863 / HE IS MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES AS BEING / IF NOT THE FIRST CERTAINLY ONE OF THE FIRST / TO ENTER THE ENEMY ENTRENCHMENTS / HE DIED GREATLY BELOVED AND DEEPLY REGRETTED BY / HIS BROTHER OFFICERS AND ALL WHO KNEW HIM / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED TO COMMEMORATE HIS NOBLE DEATH / AND AS A SMALL TRIBUTE OF A GREAT LOVE BY HIS SORROWING PARENTS / PEACE TO THE MEMORY OF THE BRAVE / BORN 18TH JUNE 1843 DIED 23RD DECEMBER 1863; rear base: ALSO OF LOUISA WILSON, WIDOW OF THE ABOVE / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE APRIL 17TH 1917. / GREATLY LOVED AND DEEPLY MOURNED BY HER SORROWING DAUGHTERS / “WITH CHRIST WHICH IS FAR BETTER.” / “FOR THE PEACE OF GOD PASSETH ALL UNDERSTANDING.”