Image: Drogheda St. Peter's Church of Ireland Richard Jebb Monument 2022 08 26

Description: Monument in memory of Richard Jebb, judge at the court of King's Bench in Ireland. Inscription: Sacred to the memory of RICHARD JEBB for nearly sixteen years one of the Juges of the Court of King's Bench in Ireland: A man whose generous simplicity of heart, whose depth and soundness of understanding, and whose unswerving integrity of purpose and of act, were manifested in the course of a learned, laborious, and pious life. In the practice of every social virtue, in the diligent administration of his country's laws. And in the consistent profession of that pure faith. Under the influence of which he lived and died. He was born at Drogheda, July 3.rd 1766: He died at Rostrevor, August 27.th1834. ———— This monument is erected by his sons. The inscription is also fully cited in Séamus Bellew, Drogheda Churches: Heraldry and Memorial Inscriptions. Journal of the County Louth Archaeological and Historical Society, vol. 26, no. 3, 2007, pp. 386–403, JSTOR 27730002.
Title: Drogheda St. Peter's Church of Ireland Richard Jebb Monument 2022 08 26
Credit: Self-photographed
Author: Andreas F. Borchert
Usage Terms: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
License Link: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
Attribution Required?: Yes