Inscriptions on the grave
JOHN BALSIR CHATTERTON HARPIST TO HER MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA BORN NOV.25 1804 DIED APRIL 9 1871 UNTO THEE O LORD BELONGETH MERCY FOR THOU RENDEREST TO EVERY MAN ACCORDING TO HIS WORK. AND ELIZA DAVENPORT HIS DEVOTED WIFE BORN NOV 25 1806, DIED JAN 9 1877 "I WILL GIVE YOU REST" CHARLES LATHAM CHATTERTON GRANDSON OF THE ABOVE BORN OCT.13.1870 DIED OCT 23 1871 "OF SUCH IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN" ALSO THOMAS DAVENPORT CHATTERTON CAPTAIN MADRAS STAFF CORPS. BORN JAN.27.1838, DIED MARCH.20.1879 ALSO LOLLIE DIED MARCH 15TH 1897 AGED 32 MY BELOVED IS MINE AND I AM HIS. |
If you are in the area please visit. It is quite easy to find. The plot number is 22733/93/3. If you use the main entrance then turn right and follow the wall bordering Harrow Road. If you use St. Mary's Cemetery entrance then turn left and do the same. The area has been cleared of weeds as it is now a Grade II Listed Monument. (2009) Try to find also the grave of Sarah Swaine KINTON (Lollie), 42713/97/6. Sarah was moved to this plot in 1910, probably when her husband John Balsir (H1) was buried. I have not been able to locate the grave as this part of the cemetery is quite neglected.
Kensal Green Cemetery
Harrow Road, London, W10 4RA Tel: 0181 969 0152