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South Park Street Cemetery, Calcutta - Part 5 [Holmes and Co]
| Description | Transcribed from Bengal Obituary. A compilation of tablets and monumental Inscriptions from various parts of Bengal and Agra Presidencies. By Holmes and Co., printed by W Thacker and Co 1851. | | Date transcribed | 2014-00-00 | | Transcribed by | Peter Bailey | | Comment | South Park Street Burial Ground begins on page 106 of the book and ends on page 176 - listing all inscriptions found in that cemetery as at 1851. |
| | Cemetery | South Park Street | | | Surname | Royds | | | Forename(s) | John | | | Year of Death | 1817 | | | Inscription | Sacred to the Memory of Sir John Royds, Knight, who for more than 20 years held the high office of one of the Judges of his Majesty's Supreme Court of Justice at Fort William in Bengal, during which period he conscientiously discharged his important duties with honor to himself and with advantage to the public, while he benefited and adorned the socirty in which he lived by the benevolence of his disposition and the accomplishments of a scholar and a gentleman. Died on the 24th September 1817, aged 65 years. |
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Transcribed from Holmes and Co - Bengal Obituary, and photographs of headstones at South Park Street Cemetery, Calcutta.
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