Newstead Abbey
St Mary

Monuments and Memorials

Click the numbers in the key plan for details of the items.
Key to Monuments

East wall

1. Edward Matthew Ellis (died 1962)

In Loving Memory

of

Edward Matthew Ellis

for thirty-four years Treasurer
of Newstead Abbey Chapel

Died June 8th 1962
Aged 80 years


“Blessed are the pure in heart
for they shall see God”

2. Captain Augustus Frederick Cavendish Webb (died 1854)

In · memory · of · Augustus · Frederick · Cavendish · Webb ·
Captain · 17th · Lancers · who · died · at · Scutari · November · 6th · 1854 ·
of · wounds · received · in · the · charge · of · Balaklava · October · 25th · 1854 ·
aged · 22 · years · [erected · by · his · brother · William · Frederick · Webb:]

3. Algernon Frederick Webb (1865-1884)

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
ALGERNON  FREDERICK WEBB
THE DEARLY LOVED SON OF
WILLIAM FREDERICK AND EMILIA JANE WEBB.
BORN MAY 13TH 1865. DIED APRIL 27TH 1884.
IN HIS 19TH YEAR.

“LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED, NEITHER LET IT
BE AFRAID; YE BELIEVE IN GOD, BELIEVE ALSO IN ME.”

Algernon committed suicide in 1884 while a student at Trinity College, Cambridge. At the inquest the jury returned a verdict that the ‘deceased shot himself with a pistol while in a state of temporary insanity.’

4. Augusta Zelia Fraser (nee Webb) (1858-1925)

IN

LOVING MEMORY OF

AUGUSTA ZELIA,

WIDOW OF

PHILIP AFFLECK FRASER

OF REELIG, INVERNESS-SHIRE,

AND ELDEST DAUGHTER OF

W. F. WEBB.

BORN JULY 6TH 1858,

AND DIED AT NEWSTEAD

DECEMBER 11TH 1925

“ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD
TO THEM THAT LOVE GOD”

5. Geraldine Katherine Chermside (nee Webb) (1860-1910)

IN

AFFECTIONATE

REMEMBRANCE OF

GERALDINE KATHERINE,

2ND DAUGHTER OF

WILLIAM FREDERICK WEBB,

AND WIFE OF

LT. GEN. SIR HERB[ERT CHERMSIDE]

DIED AT ANDERMATT …

21ST JUNE 19[10]

“SHE SLEEPS, BUT HER SPIRIT WAS…

Part of the inscription is obscured by the altar.

Geraldine died at Andermatt in Switzerland while undergoing treatment for a heart problem.

6. Mary Webb (died 1860)

In · memory · of · Mary · Webb · who · departed ·
this · life · August · 28th · 1860 · aged · 64 · years:
(erected · by · her · son · William · Frederick · Webb:)

7. William Frederick Webb (1829-1899)

In · loving · memory · of · William · Frederick ·
Webb · born · 27th · March · 1829 · Died · at ·
Luxor · Upper · Egypt · 24th · February · 1899
“Until · the · day · break · and · the · shadows · flee · away.”

Webb bought Newstead Abbey from Thomas Wildman in 1860. He died at Luxor in Egypt on 24 February 1891 while travelling with two of his daughters and was buried at Cairo.

8. Ethel Mary Webb (1862-1915)

IN

AFFECTIONATE

MEMORY OF OUR SISTER

ETHEL MARY,

3RD DAUGHTER OF W. F. WEBB,

WHO WAS BORN IN THIS HOUSE

JULY 4TH 1862

[AND DIED HERE FEBRUAR]Y 9TH 1915.

…D PEACE AND


… . & A.Z.F.

Part of the inscription is obscured by the altar.

Curiously, the newspapers at the time reported that she died on 11 February 1915, whereas the monument states the 9 February.

She was buried in the churchyard of Papplewick St James on 15 February.

9. Major Roderick Beauclerk Webb (1867-1916)

IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
MAJOR RODERICK BEAUCLERK WEBB,
3RD AND ONLY SURVIVING SON OF
W. F. WEBB.
BORN AT NEWSTEAD, MARCH 3RD 1867,
AND DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE
AT KOROGWE, EAST AFRICA,
JULY 25TH 1916.
“UNTIL THE DAY BREAK,
AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY.”
ALSO OF THE INFANT SON OF THE ABOVE
RODERICK WEBB AND HIS WIFE LILY,
10TH MARCH 1915.
“THE CARE OF THEM IS WITH THE MOST HIGH.”

Major Webb died of a heart attack on 25 July 1916 while serving with the British East Africa Expeditionary Force. He is buried in Dar Es Salaam War Cemetery, Tanzania.

10. Wilfred Webb (died 1861)

In · memory · of · Wilfred:
Who · died · August · 27th · 1861 · aged · 4 · months:
[erected · by · his · sorrowing · parents · William · Frederick · + · Emilia · Jane · Webb:]

11. Mabel Cecilia Webb (1864-1891)

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
MABEL CECILIA WEBB
YOUNGEST DAUGHTER OF
WILLIAM FREDERICK WEBB.
DIED JUNE 30TH 1891.
“MY PRESENCE SHALL GO WITH THEE
AND WILL GIVE YOU REST” EXODUS CH:33 V:14.

Mabel died aged 25 from heart failure while under chloroform and about to undergo an operation.

12. Richard Hiscock Whitworth (1823-1908)

IN AFFECTIONATE MEMORY

OF

RICHARD HISCOCK WHITWORTH

BORN APRIL 25TH 1823

DIED JULY 29TH 1908

43 YEARS VICAR OF BLIDWORTH

19 YEARS CHAPLAIN OF NEWSTEAD ABBEY

“He asked life of Thee
and
Thou gavest him a long life
even
for ever and ever.”

South wall

13. Sir Arthur Basil Markham (1866-1916)

TO
THE MEMORY OF
SIR ARTHUR BASIL MARKHAM,
1ST BARONET.
M.P. FOR THE PARLIAMENTARY
DIVISION OF MANSFIELD,
BORN AT BRIMINGTON HALL,
CHESTERFIELD, 1866.
DIED IN THIS HOUSE,
AUGUST 5TH 1916.

“GOD GAVE HIM UNDERSTANDING EXCEEDING
MUCH: AND LARGENESS OF HEART EVEN AS
THE SAND ON THE SEA SHORE”

IN EVER GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE
OF EXCEEDING KINDNESS.
A. Z. F.

Gallery

14. Thomas Wildman (1787-1859)

On the west wall of the Gallery.

HAS AEDES
VETUSTATE LABENTES
RESTITUIT ORNAVIT DILEXIT
THOMAS WILDMAN,
OBIIT SEP. 20. 1859.

Wildman purchased the Newstead Abbey estate in 1818.