Location
On an east facing wall adjacent to the northern stairs to the Gallery (see Cathedral Plan).
Memorial
Inscription
UNDERNEATH
ARE DEPOSITED THE REMAINS OF
GEORGE CUTHBERTS M.D.
YOUNGEST SON OF JOHN CUTHBERT ESQ.
OF WEST HERRINGTON, DURHAM
SERGEANT AT LAW
AND RECORDER OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
HE WAS PHYSICIAN TO THIS GARRISON
AND DIED 3RD JUNE 1772 AGED 66.
ALSO OF ANN HIS WIDOW, THE DAUGHTER OF
THE REVD. EVAN JONES, VICAR OF PORTSEA,
AND ANNA HIS WIFE
THE RELICT OF RICHARD HOLFORD ESQ.
SHE DEPARTED THIS LIFE
THE 23RD OF AUGUST 1784 AGED 69
LIKEWISE OF THEIR ONLY SON
GEORGE CUTHBERT A.M.
CHAPLAIN TO HIS MAJESTY KING GEORGE IV
PREBENDARY AND SUB-DEAN OF YORK
RECTOR OF SHAW CUM DONNINGTON, BERKS.
AND AN ALDERMAN OF THIS BOROUGH
HE DIED JANUARY 28TH 1826 AGED 77
ALSO OF ANN HIS WIDOW
SHE DIED ON THE 27TH DAY OF AUGUST 1835 AGED 73
BELOVED, RESPECTED AND DEEPLY LAMENTED
SHE DID JUSTLY, LOVED MERCY AND
WALKED HUMBLY WITH HER GOD
ARE DEPOSITED THE REMAINS OF
GEORGE CUTHBERTS M.D.
YOUNGEST SON OF JOHN CUTHBERT ESQ.
OF WEST HERRINGTON, DURHAM
SERGEANT AT LAW
AND RECORDER OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
HE WAS PHYSICIAN TO THIS GARRISON
AND DIED 3RD JUNE 1772 AGED 66.
ALSO OF ANN HIS WIDOW, THE DAUGHTER OF
THE REVD. EVAN JONES, VICAR OF PORTSEA,
AND ANNA HIS WIFE
THE RELICT OF RICHARD HOLFORD ESQ.
SHE DEPARTED THIS LIFE
THE 23RD OF AUGUST 1784 AGED 69
LIKEWISE OF THEIR ONLY SON
GEORGE CUTHBERT A.M.
CHAPLAIN TO HIS MAJESTY KING GEORGE IV
PREBENDARY AND SUB-DEAN OF YORK
RECTOR OF SHAW CUM DONNINGTON, BERKS.
AND AN ALDERMAN OF THIS BOROUGH
HE DIED JANUARY 28TH 1826 AGED 77
ALSO OF ANN HIS WIDOW
SHE DIED ON THE 27TH DAY OF AUGUST 1835 AGED 73
BELOVED, RESPECTED AND DEEPLY LAMENTED
SHE DID JUSTLY, LOVED MERCY AND
WALKED HUMBLY WITH HER GOD
The son, George Cuthbert A.M. mentioned above was rather more than an alderman as the plaque suggests. He was in fact elected Mayor of Portsmouth on three occasions, 1798, 1803 and 1808. It is not known why the family should be so modest about his achievements.
