Image: JohnClevland 1706-1763 WestleighChurch Devon

Description: Mural monument in Westleigh Church, Devon, to John I Clevland (1706-1763) of Tapeley. Inscription: "Sacred to the memory of John Clevland Esqr. of Tapley in the county of Devon who for the space of forty years served his king and country with the greatest honor and fidelity the last seventeen years of which he was joint and sole secretary of the Admiralty in which office through a multiplicity of business and his constant application to the discharge of it he contracted a complication of disorders which occasioned his death at Tapley 18th June 1763. Near him here lie also enterred Elizabeth the daughter of Sr. Caesar Child, Baronet, of Gwin in Essex, with whom he intermarried in the year 1729 who dying left issue three sons and three daughters; Penelope the daughter of Joseph Davie Esqr. of Orleigh in Devon, with whom he intermarried in the year 1743 who dying left issue one son; Sarah the daughter of Chas. Shuckburgh Esqr. of Longborough in Gloucestershire with whom he intermarried in the year 1747 who dying his widow the 5th Decr. 1764 left issue two sons & two daughters"
Title: JohnClevland 1706-1763 WestleighChurch Devon
Credit: Self-photographed
Author: (Lobsterthermidor (talk) 13:18, 25 October 2014 (UTC))
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