Title:

Baron/Lord

Military Rank:

General

First Name:

Ferdinando

Last Name:

Fairfax

Memorial Type:

Memorial - Funerary

Does the monument still exist?

Yes

Installation Date:

After 1648

Inscription:

M[emoriae]. S[acrum].
AMPLISSIMI, DESIDERALISSIMIQ[UE]
FERDINANDI D[OMI]NI FAIRFAX BARON DE CAMERON.
QUEM IN BRITANNICAE VIRTUTIS & FIDEI THEATRU[M]
AGER EBORACENSIS EDIDIT,
MAIORUM SPLENDORE CLARUM,
CURATOREM PACIS STUDIOSISSIMUM.
IRARUM (SI QUAS PEPERIT VICINIA) SEQUESTRU[M],
AEQUI BONIQ[UE] TENACISSIMUM.
QUIPPE SUMMA DOMI FORISQ[UE] AUCTORITATE,
PARIQ[UE] APUD OMNES ORDINES GRATIA,
PUBLICAE QUIETIS AMANS,
SED BELLO INSUPERABILIS
DEXTRA GLADIUM SINISTRA STATERA[M] TENENS
UTRIUSQ[UE] LAUDIS TROPHEA RETULIT:
RELIGIONIS CULTOR,
LITERARUM PATRONUS,
HUMANITATIS REPUMICATOR:
NOBILISSIMAE PROLIS NUMERO, & PIETATE FELIX,
QUA VIRUM MARIA EDMONDI COMIT. MULGRAV FILIA
NOVIES BEAVIT.
QUID IGITUR NOVI SI (QUOS SINQULARIS AMOR TAMDIU
TAMQ[UE]; MULTIPLICI PIGNORE SOCIAVIT)
MORS IPSA NON DIRIMAT.
OBIIT ANNO AETATIS 64
SALUTIS HUMANAE 1647.

Allegiance:

Parliamentarian

Condition:

Good

Condition Description:

Memorial shows some signs of wear and tear, but lettering is clear