Memorial to Sir Thomas Reade, Congleton, 1849.

Memorial to Sir Thomas Reade, Congleton, 1849.

Location

In St Peter's Church, Congleton, Cheshire.

Description

An delicately carved marble panel in memory of Colonel Sir Thomas READE, Knight, C.B.

Inscription

IN MEMORY OF
COLONEL SIR THOMAS READE, KNIGHT, C.B.
AND A KNIGHT OF THE SICILIAN ORDER
OF SAINT FERDINAND AND OF MERIT.
A NATIVE OF THIS TOWN
WHO FOR 51 YEARS SERVED HIS COUNTRY
IN MANY DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD;
AND ESPECIALLY ON THE COAST OF SICILY,
WHEN IN COMMAND OF A FLOTILLA OF GUN BOATS,
HE REPELLED THE AGGRESSIONS OF THE FRENCH AND NEAPOLITANS.
SUBSEQUENTLY HE WAS DEPUTY ADJUTANT GENERAL
OF THE TROOPS AT St HELENA
DURING THE CAPTIVITY THERE OF NAPOLEON BUONAPARTE.
IN LATER LIFE
SIR THOMAS READE SUSTAINED THE CHARACTER OF
AGENT AND CONSUL GENERAL
OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT AT TUNIS;
AND ACQUIRING THE ENTIRE CONFIDENCE OF THE BEY,
INDUCED HIM TO ABOLISH SLAVERY,
THROUGHOUT HIS DOMINIONS.

HE DIED ON THE 29th DAY OF JULY 1849,
IN CHRISTIAN FAITH AND IN CHARITY WITH ALL MEN,
AND WAS BURIED IN THE CEMETERY AT TUNIS,
AMIDST THE DEEP REGRETS OF A MULTITUDE
LAMENTING HIM
AS AN HONORABLE, KIND, AND FAITHFUL FRIEND.

Memorial to Sir Thomas Reade, Congleton, 1849.

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