Angels on Memorials

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Memorials inside churches

Angels watch over the baby John who died in 1851. Memorial by Thomas and Mary Thornycroft.
by Julian P Guffogg


In memory of Charles Massingberd d.1835.
By Richard Westmacott Junior.
by Julian P Guffogg


Memorial to William Schomberg Robert Kerr, 8th Earl of Lothian, born 1832 and died in 1870.
Monument sculpted by G. F. Watts, c.1878.
by Julian P Guffogg


A white marble relief by A. G. Walker to Constance, widow of 8th Marquess of Lothian, d.1901.
She was responsible for funding the church restoration.
by J.Hannan


This is one of two angels flanking the effigy of the 1st Earl of Coventry in Elmley Castle church. The 1st Earl of Coventry's country seat was Croome Court and this magnificent memorial was meant to be placed in Croome church. The memorial was sculpted by William Stanton at the earl's widow and second wife Elizabeth (nee Grimes), however, due to a despute between the earl's sons and Elizabeth, the family wouldn't allow the memorial to be placed at Croome. The despute arose after the death of the earl's first wife, Winifred, when he married one of his servants Elizabeth, who at 25 years old was more than forty years his junior. She was the niece of his house keeper and the sister of a Thames waterman. She claimed her name was Elizabeth Graham. After the death at 70 of the 1st Earl on 15 July, 1699, she inherited a large amount of his estate and within a few months married Thomas Savage of Elmley Castle, hence the memorial tomb of her first husband was placed in Elmley Castle church.
by Philip Halling


Angels watch over baby John who died in 1851, his memorial made by Thomas & Mary Thornycroft LinkExternal link in St.Michael & All Angel's church
by Richard Croft


Detail on the Grobham Memorial within St Giles Church.
by Colin Smith


Closer view of the two angels on the tomb in the chapel at St Margaret, Lewknor.
by Bill Nicholls


Memorial to William Miles, died 1803, by John Flaxman.
by Philip Pankhurst


Died in 1780 aged 31, also to her son Henry 1781, aged 4.
The sculpture shows the mother giving her child to the angels.
by Julian P Guffogg
Shared Description


Rt Hon. Sir Dudley Ryder was Solicitor General, Attorney General and Chief Justice of the Kings Bench 1754. He became Baron of Harrowby, but he died the following day, so the honour was passed to his son.
He married Anne Newnham in 1733, and had just one son, Nathaniel.
He died in 1756 aged 65.
by J.Hannan-Briggs


William Aubrey de Vere Beauclark, 9th Duke of St Albans. (1801-1849). Married Harriet Mellon (1777-1837) of London, then Elizabeth Gubbins (1818-1893) of St Leonards on Sea at Harby. They had three children, William, Diana and Charlotte.
by J.Hannan-Briggs


There are 35 monuments to members the Curzon family in the church; these include free-standing tombs, wall monuments and floor tablets. They date from the 13th to the 20th centuries. In 1906, after the untimely death of his wife Mary, Lord George Curzon commissioned GF Bodley to design a memorial chapel. The north wall of the nave was removed and the chapel was constructed over a large burial vault.

This memorial chapel contains the largest of the Curzon family memorials in the church. It is a free-standing tomb which bears the effigies of the 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, who died in 1925, and his wife Mary. It is a table tomb in white marble; two angels holding the crown of life lean over the effigies. The memorial, with the recumbent effigies of Lord and Lady Curzon, is in white Serravezzo marble on a black base, while the floor is in green Aventurine, a quartz from the Urals, chosen by Lord Curzon to contrast with the white tomb.

LinkExternal link Churches Conservation Trust
by David Dixon


Other memorials and architectural decoration

A close-up of one of the carved angels seen in SU7856 : Elvetham - Church of St Mary - Angels and buttresses
Full view of church SU7856 : Elvetham - Church of St Mary (deconsecrated)
See also shared description below.
by Rob Farrow
Shared Description


The striking bronze guardian angel on the corner, high above the main door. The robe of the angel depicts the Christian symbol of a pelican feeding her young with her own blood.
by Thomas Nugent
Shared Description


Not an angel, but similar to one.


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