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CollectionGB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
LevelItem
Ref NoMS 2206/8/15/12
Alt Ref No46/A/12 (48/A/12)
TitleGregory family: papers of James Gregory (1753 - 1821): Epitaphs written by James Gregory (1753 - 1821) for Elizabeth Gregory and Jane McLeod Gregory
Date1813
Extent1 item
Creator NameGregory, James (1753 - 1821), professor of the practice and theory of physic at the University of Edinburgh
Administrative HistoryThis inscription is on the monument erected by James Gregory in Drum's Aisle of St Nicholas' Church in Aberdeen.
DescriptionEpitaphs for Elizabeth Gregory, the wife of John Gregory (1724 - 1773) who died in 1761 and for Jane McLeod Gregory, the eldest daughter of James Gregory (1753 - 1821). Elizabeth Gregory is described as 'a woman of great beauty with a pious and virtuous nature' and Jane McLeod Gregory as 'a most agreeable girl, the hope of her father and delight of her mother whose souls were torn by her harsh death', 1813
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