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London and Its Environs Described, vol. 1 (of 6): Containing an Account of Whatever is Most Remarkable for Grandeur, Elegance, Curiosity or Use, in the City and in the Country Twenty Miles Round ItAnonymous

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London and Its Environs Described, vol. 1 (of 6): Containing an Account of Whatever is Most Remarkable for Grandeur, Elegance, Curiosity or Use, in the City and in the Country Twenty Miles Round It

Name: London and Its Environs Described, vol. 1 (of 6): Containing an Account of Whatever is Most Remarkable for Grandeur, Elegance, Curiosity or Use, in the City and in the Country Twenty Miles Round It
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London (England) -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800; London (England) -- Gazetteers -- Early works to 1800

66. The next is a monument erected to the memory of Richard Kane, Esq;
  Governor of Minorca, adorned with a curious bust of that gentleman in
  white marble, placed upon a handsome pedestal, whereon are inscribed
  the most remarkable passages of his life. He was born at Down in
  Ireland, Dec. 20, 1661. In 1689 he first appeared in a military
  capacity at the memorable siege of Derry; and after the reduction of
  Ireland, followed King William into Flanders, where he distinguished
  himself, particularly by his intrepid behaviour at the siege of Namur,
  where he was grievously wounded. In 1702, he bore a commission in the
  service of Queen Anne, and assisted in the expedition to Canada; from
  whence he again returned into Flanders, and fought under the Duke of
  Argyle and Greenwich, and afterwards under Lord Carpenter. In 1712, he
  was made Sub-Governor of Minorca, through which island he caused a
  road to be made, which had been thought impracticable. In 1720 he was
  ordered by King George I. to the defence of Gibraltar, where he
  sustained an eight months siege against the Spaniards, when all hope
  of relief was extinguished. For which gallant service he was
  afterwards, by King George II. rewarded with the government of
  Minorca, where he died Dec. 19, 1736, and was buried in the castle of
  St. Philip.

  67. The monument of Percy Kirk, Esq; is adorned with a fine bust of
  that gentleman, on each side of which is a winged seraph, one with a
  dagger in his right hand inverted, and in his left a helmet; the other
  resting on a ball, and holding in his left hand a torch reversed. The
  inscription lets us know, that he was Lieutenant-General of his
  Majesty’s armies; that he was son to Percy Kirk, Lieutenant-General in
  the reign of King James II. by the Lady Mary, daughter to George
  Howard Earl of Suffolk, and that he died Jan. 1, 1741, aged
  fifty-seven.

  68. We come now to the monument erected to the memory of that brave
  commander the Lord Aubrey Beauclerk, ornamented with arms, trophies,
  and naval ensigns, and in an oval nich on a beautiful pyramid of
  dove-coloured marble, is a fine bust of that young Hero. On this
  pyramid is the following historical inscription:

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London and Its Environs Described, vol. 1 (of 6): Containing an Account of Whatever is Most Remarkable for Grandeur, Elegance, Curiosity or Use, in the City and in the Country Twenty Miles Round It

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