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 South Park Street Cemetery, Calcutta - Part 1 [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 | 2009-08-22 | | 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.
Records transcribed to date are from the establishment up to 1799 inclusive. |
| | Surname | Hyde | | | First Name(s) | John | | | Rank or Title | Hon. | | | Year | 1796 | | | Inscription | Sacred to the Memory of The Hon. John Hyde, Esq. Who was appointed one of the Puisne Judges, on the establishment of the Supreme Court at Calcutta, in the year 1774; And died, after faithfully and ably discharging the duties of that high station for a period of twenty-one years, aged 59, On the 8th of July, 1796. He was an affectionate husband; a fond parent; Of unquestioned integrity as a Judge, And a truly virtuous man. His loss was deeply and honorably regretted by that community which had long respected his virtues; And the public records of his Government declare him to have been A Magistrate Whose integrity in the discharge of his public functions, Was only equalled by the virtues of his private character, Social, yet dignified, he commanded at once the affections and reverence of the wide-extended circle, honored by a participation of his hospitalities; but his noblest eulogium will be found in the lasting regrets of a long list of unfortunate persons; whose indigent condition, By his advice, protection, and munificence; his life was one continued study to meliorate. And must whoever regard him As a departed model of unexampled, Yet cautiously concealed charity; The practical extent of which could alone be exceeded By the boundless benevolence and generosity of his mind. |
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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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