Tombstone / Thomas Ridout .... St James Cathedral .... Toronto, Ontario
Tombstone Inscription reads - "SACRED to the MEMORY of the Honourable, THOMAS RIDOUT , Sherborne, Dorsetshire, England, late Surveyor General of this province and member of his Majesty's Legislative Council. Who departed this life on the 8th day of February, 1829, in the 75th year of his age. .... The kind and exemplary father of a numerous family, who loved and revered him and mourned his departure. The faithful servant of government for nearly 40 years, he endeared himself to the inhabitants of Upper Canada and so won upon their affections and unwearied courtesy to themselves, that they justly considered him an ornament to the Colony. To a highly cultivated mind he added the most polished manners and what was far better, the piety, the meekness, the humility of a Christian, looking forward in faith to a blessed immortality. ....
Tombstone / Thomas Ridout .... St James Cathedral .... Toronto, Ontario
Tombstone Inscription reads - "SACRED to the MEMORY of the Honourable, THOMAS RIDOUT , Sherborne, Dorsetshire, England, late Surveyor General of this province and member of his Majesty's Legislative Council. Who departed this life on the 8th day of February, 1829, in the 75th year of his age. .... The kind and exemplary father of a numerous family, who loved and revered him and mourned his departure. The faithful servant of government for nearly 40 years, he endeared himself to the inhabitants of Upper Canada and so won upon their affections and unwearied courtesy to themselves, that they justly considered him an ornament to the Colony. To a highly cultivated mind he added the most polished manners and what was far better, the piety, the meekness, the humility of a Christian, looking forward in faith to a blessed immortality. ....