Suffolk, Great Finborough - snap
Good Samaritan monument by Westmacott in memory of Roger Pettiward esqr 1833 aged 78 - their is a similar one c1828 at Halifax www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/L3yE2c
. Lord of the manors of Finborough, Onehouse and ........... The kindness and benevolence of his charities, public as well as private caused him to be greatly beloved! .... To me twas given to die, to thee tis given to live, alas ! one moment sets us even, mark how impartial is the will of heaven"
He bought the manor in 1794 from Sir William Wollaston son of William Wollaston 1757 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/wdJS99 and built the hall where the family lived until after WW2 in which the last male heir was killed
He m Jane Seymour d1855 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/5qXzzH coheiress daughter of Francis Colman of Hillersdon Devon who m2 Admiral Sir William Hotham 1855
His heir was his great nephew Robert Bussell who changed his name to Pettiward and married Frances Catherine Nelson, grand niece of Lord Nelson - Robert having 9 daughters and no son was succeeded by his cousin Charles Terry 1933 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/0o10LG who also changed his name to Pettiward
Monument by Richard Westmacott
Suffolk, Great Finborough - snap
Good Samaritan monument by Westmacott in memory of Roger Pettiward esqr 1833 aged 78 - their is a similar one c1828 at Halifax www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/L3yE2c
. Lord of the manors of Finborough, Onehouse and ........... The kindness and benevolence of his charities, public as well as private caused him to be greatly beloved! .... To me twas given to die, to thee tis given to live, alas ! one moment sets us even, mark how impartial is the will of heaven"
He bought the manor in 1794 from Sir William Wollaston son of William Wollaston 1757 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/wdJS99 and built the hall where the family lived until after WW2 in which the last male heir was killed
He m Jane Seymour d1855 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/5qXzzH coheiress daughter of Francis Colman of Hillersdon Devon who m2 Admiral Sir William Hotham 1855
His heir was his great nephew Robert Bussell who changed his name to Pettiward and married Frances Catherine Nelson, grand niece of Lord Nelson - Robert having 9 daughters and no son was succeeded by his cousin Charles Terry 1933 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/0o10LG who also changed his name to Pettiward
Monument by Richard Westmacott