Trentham - Inscription on Monument to Duke of Sutherland: pen drawing

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Date:1838

Description:Copy of the inscription found on a statue to George Granville, the first Duke of Sutherland. Dated 1834. Anonymous, [Thomas Peploe Wood].

Inscribed: 'In lasting memory of George Granville, Duke of Sutherland, Marquess of Stafford K.G. and upright and patriotic nobleman, a judicious, kind and liberal landlord who identified the improvement of his vast estates with the prosperity of all who cultivated them. A public yet unostenatious benefactor who while he provided useful employment for the active labourer open'd wide his hands to the distresses of the widow the sick and the traveller. A moving and a grateful tenantry uniting with the inhabitants of the neighbourhood erected this pillar A.D. MDCCCXXXIV.'

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Donor ref:SV-XI.54b (45/10023)

Source: William Salt Library

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