Genealogy research by Mark Humphrys.
Genealogy research by Mark Humphrys.
| Tomb of 9th Earl |
The old Wilton parish church was
St Mary's Church, in the Market Place, Wilton.
The Earls of Pembroke were buried here before the new church was built.
9th Earl of Pembroke
was buried at Wilton in 1750.
His wife
Mary Fitzwilliam
was buried at Wilton in 1769.
The 11th Earl's 1st wife
Elizabeth Beauclerk
was buried at Wilton in 1793.
10th Earl
was buried at Wilton in 1794.
11th Earl
was buried at Wilton in 1827.
A spectacular new parish church, the Church of St Mary and St Nicholas,
was built in 1845
at a different site.
The new church was built by the
11th Earl's widow
Catherine Woronzow
and her son
Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea.
There were in fact a number of old churches in Wilton.
The new church was built on the site of the former church of St. Nicholas.
Monuments were moved from the old parish church to the new parish church.
The above would presumably remain buried at the site of the old church.
Unless they were in coffins that could be moved to the crypt of the new church.
The 11th Earl's 2nd wife
Catherine Woronzow
was buried at the new Wilton church in 1856.
Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea
was buried here in 1861.
The churchyard was closed for burials in 1889.
See findagrave.
There is a new cemetery on the Shaftesbury road to the W of the town.
See findagrave.
WSHC 2057/F1/18 has photographs of the crypt of Wilton church. Date 1980.
Beauclerk
Woronzow altar Lea 11th Earl
9th Earl
10th Earl
stained glass
St.Mary and St.Nicholas's church (the new church) to the NW.
In centre, Market Place with the old church ("Ch.").
To the SE, Wilton House.
From OS map. Revised: 1900. Published: 1901.
WSHC 2057/H3/18a is an architectural drawing, date c.1750, showing the plan of the E end of the old St. Mary's Church, Wilton, with the monument to the 9th Earl of Pembroke. The entry says that apart from the bust, "the rest of the monument has not survived". And indeed the drawings seem to show a different monument to the current monument.
Close-up of inscription.
Photo 2023.
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and full size.
See close-up of
top and
bottom.
Copy of bust of 9th Earl
on his grave.
Photo 2023.
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and full size.
See
other shot.
See
base with Pembroke arms.
Copy of bust of 9th Earl
on his grave.
Photo 2011.
From Geograph.
See 1999 shot.
From jmc4
on Flickr.
Used with permission.
The original bust of the 9th Earl by Roubillac.
On loan to
Victoria and Albert Museum,
Sculpture Hall.
Photo 2012.
See full size
and wider shot
and label.
See other shot close-up.
From here.
Creative Commons.
WSHC 2057/F1/15 has sketch for memorial for 10th Earl (died 1794), plus sketch for memorial for 11th Earl's 1st wife (died 1793). Sketch would be made c.1794.
Close-up of inscription.
Photo 2023.
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Wider shot of grave of 11th Earl.
From findagrave.
Added 2009.
See 2011 photo.
From Geograph.
See 2023 photo
of lower part.
Memorial to the 11th Earl's 1st wife Elizabeth Beauclerk, Wilton parish church.
From findagrave.
Added 2009.
See 2011 shot.
From Geograph.
See 2023 photo.
See lower part.
Tomb of the 11th Earl's 2nd wife Catherine Woronzow.
Tomb of Baron Herbert of Lea in background.
Photo 2023.
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and full size.
See other shot.
See other shot.
See other shot.
Posted 2009.
From findagrave.
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Effigy of Catherine Woronzow.
Photo 2023.
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and full size.
See 1999 shot.
From jmc4
on Flickr.
Used with permission.
Other angle shows, in background, memorials to 11th Earl, his 1st wife, and 9th Earl.
Photo 2023.
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and full size.
See other shot.
See other shot
showing memorials to 11th Earl and 9th Earl.
See 1999 shot.
From jmc4
on Flickr.
Used with permission.
Effigy of Baron Herbert of Lea.
Photo 2023.
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and full size.
See 1999 shot.
From jmc4
on Flickr.
Used with permission.
See 1999 shot.
From jmc4.
1st Earl of Pembroke.
The face is a modern restoration.
Photo 2023.
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and full size.
See 1999 photo.
From jmc4
on Flickr.
Used with permission.
See other shot.
From jmc4.
Anne Parr.
Photo 2023.
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and full size.
See 1999 shot.
From jmc4
on Flickr.
Used with permission.
See other shot.
From jmc4.
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