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 LIST OF

INSCRIPTIONS ON TOMBS OR MONUMENETS IN BENGAL POSSESSING HISTORICAL OR ARCHÆOLOGIGAL INTEREST.

I. ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL.

CONSECERTED IN 1847.

Serial Number

Year of death.

Tomb or monument to the memory of—

Inscription.

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3 April 1826.

Reginald Heber, D.D.

A colossal marble statue by Chantrey in 1835, representing Heber, vested in his episcopal robes, kneeling on a square cushion. His head is bent, his right hand is on his breast, his left grasps the top of a closed book which rests on the cushion. His coat of arms as Bishop of Calcutta is carved in front beneath the cushion. The statue was originally in St. John's Church.

Heber was consecrated second Bishop of Calcutta in 1823, and died suddenly at Trichinopoly on 3rd April 1826.

See also the inscription in the Chapel of the late Bishop's College, Sibpur, which justly commemorates him as an eager student, an accomplished writer and preacher, and a beloved teacher and friend.

2. 23 Dec. 1841.

Sir William Hay Macnaghten, Bart.

To the memory of Sir {{smallcaps|William Hay Macnaghuten, Baronet, of the Bengal Civil Service. His mind liberally endued by nature and enriched by education and research, was quickened into

A mural tablet by J. G Lough, in 1846. Supporting the tablet are two full-length figures of natives of India, behind