Inscription
TO THE MEMORY OF
THOMAS, LORD MANNERS,
YOUNGEST SON OF THE LATE LORD GEORGE MANNERS SUTTON,
(SON OF JOHN, THIRD DUKE OF RUTLAND)
BY BRIDGET, DAUGHTER AND SOLE HEIRESS OF
ROBERT SUTTON, LORD LEXINGTON, OF KELHAM:
WHO HAVING FILLED THE OFFICE SUCCESSIVELY OF
SOLICITOR GENERAL TO THE PRINCE OF WALES,
AND TO KING GEORGE THE THIRD,
AND ONE OF THE BARONS OF THE EXCHEQUER,
WAS IN THE YEAR 1807 RAISED TO THE PEERAGE,
AND APPOINTED LORD HIGH CHANCELLOR OF IRELAND.
IN THIS EMINENT STATION,
WHICH HE HELD FOR UPWARDS OF TWENTY YEARS
HIS ABLE AND IMPARTIAL ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE
COMMANDED UNIVERSAL CONFIDENCE AND RESPECT;
WHILE THE KINDNESS OF HIS HEART,
AND THE COURTESY OF HIS MANNERS, ENDEARED HIM TO ALL
WHO APPROACHED HIM IN PRIVATE LIFE,
AND EVEN SOFTENED IN VERY DISTURBED TIMES,
THE ASPERITIES OF POLITICAL CONFLICTS.
THE GUIDING POWER OF RELIGIOUS AND MORAL PRINCIPLE
WAS EXEMPLIFIED IN EVERY THOUGHT AND ACTION OF HIS LIFE,
HIS PIETY WAS EARNEST AND CONSTANT,
SEVERE TO HIMSELF, BUT INDULGENT TO OTHERS.
HIS CHARITY WAS EXTENSIVE AND UNOSTENTATIOUS;
HE WAS AN EMINENT AND FAITHFUL PUBLIC SERVANT,
A TENDER HUSBAND, A GOOD FATHER, A KIND MASTER,
AND A ZEALOUS FRIEND.
HE DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON THE 31ST OF MAY 1842,
IN THE 87TH YEAR OF HIS AGE,
IN HUMBLE RELIANCE ON THE MERCIES AND THE MERITS
OF A CRUCIFIED REDEEMER.
HIS WIDOW AND HIS SON HAVE ERECTED THIS TESTIMONIAL
TO HIS WORTH.
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