In the window is the following inscription:—“To the memory of the most affectionate of brothers, George Lindsay Johnstone, Esq., this monument is erected by his afflicted sister.” His remains are interred in the South Cloister. Grief is represented in a mournful posture over a coffin, on the side of which is a medallion of the deceased.—Flaxman, sculptor.
Robert, Lord Constable.—On the face of the monument is this inscription:—“Near this lies the Right Hon. Robert, Lord Constable, Viscount Dunbar, who departed this life November 23, 1714, in his sixty-fourth year. Also his second wife, the Right Hon. Dorothy Brudenell, Countess of Westmoreland, who departed this life January 26, 1739, aged ninety-one.”
Here you pass through the gate.
Thomas Livingstone, Viscount Teviot.—The top of this monument is decorated with the arms, supporters, and crest of this nobleman, and with military trophies, alluding to his profession of a soldier. On the face of the monument is a long Latin inscription, showing that he was born in Holland, but descended from the Livingstones in Scotland; that from his childhood he was trained to arms; that he attended the Prince of Orange into Britain as a Colonel of Foot; that he rose to the rank of Lieutenant-General, and General of the Scotch forces; was made Master of the Ordnance, and a Privy Councillor; that he secured Scotland to the King, by one decisive action on the Spey, for which he was advanced to the dignity of Viscount. He died January 14, 1710, aged sixty.
Edward de Carteret.—This neat monument is ornamented with cherubs, and with festoons of leaves and fruit, finely embossed, and was erected to the child whose name is inscribed upon it, who died in the eighth year of his age, Oct. 30, 1677. He was son of Sir Edward de Carteret, Gentleman Usher to Charles II.
Philip Carteret.—Figure of Time, standing on an altar, and holding a scroll in his hand, whereon are written, in sapphic verse, lines to the following import, which he is supposed to be repeating:—
“Why flow the mournful Muse’s tear,
For thee, cut down in life’s full prime?
Why sighs for thee the parent dear,
Cropt by the scythe of hoary time?
Lo! this, my boy’s, the common lot;
To me thy memory entrust;
When all that’s dear shall be forgot,
I’ll guard thy venerable dust.
From age to age, as I proclaim
Thy learning, piety, and truth,
Thy great examples shall enflame,
And emulation raise in youth.”
Over all is the bust of the noble youth here alluded to, who was son of Lord George Carteret, and died a King’s scholar, at Westminster, ripe for the University, March 19, 1710, aged nineteen.—David, sculptor.
Above is a memorial window put up by friends of the great engineer, Robert Stephenson—George Stephenson, Telford, Smeaton, Robert Stephenson, Watt, Rennie:—Bonha Bridge, over the Nile; William of Wykeham; Britannia Bridge (tubular), over the Menai Straits; Hiram; Building of the Second Temple; Bezaleel; Building of the Temple by Solomon; Noah; The Erection of the Tabernacle; Tubal Cain; Building of the Ark by Noah; Victoria Bridge, over the St. Lawrence; Sir C. Wren; High Level Bridge at Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Mch. Angelo; The Colosseum at Rome; Archimedes; Building of a Roman Aqueduct; Euclid; Treasure Cities of Egypt; Cheops; Building of Nineveh.
The next is to the memory of Joseph Locke, R.A., and President of the Society of Engineers:—Our Lord in Majesty; The Lord healing the impotent at Bethesda; Our Lord healing the withered hand; Resurrection of Our Lord; Our Lord and disciples walking in the corn-field.