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Henry Thrale epitaph printed in Gentleman's Magazine

Headstones » Slide Show		Henry Thrale's memorial tablet This epitaph to Henry Thrale (1730 - 4/8/1781) is taken from the book Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson by Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi which was first published in 1786. "The following epitaph on Mr. [Henry] Thrale, who has now a monument close by hers [Hester Maria Salusbury, Hester Thrale's mother] in Streatham Church, I have seen printed and commended in Maty's Review for April, 1784; and a friend has favoured me with the translation:- Hic conditur quod reliquum est. HENRICI THRALE Qui res seu civiles, seu domesticas, ita egit Ut vitam illi longiorem multi optarent; Ita sacras Ut quam brevem esset habiturus praescire videretur, Simplex, apertus, sibique semper similis, Nihil ostentavit aut arte fictum aut cura Elaboratum. In senatu, regi patriaeque Fideliter studuit; Vulgi obstrepentis contemptor animosus, Domi inter mille mercaturae negotia Literarum elegantiam minime neglexit. Amicis quocunque modo laborantibus, Conciliis, auctoritate, muneribus adfuit. Inter familiares, comites, convivas, hospites, Tam facili fuit morum suavitate Ut omnium animos ad se alliceret; Tam felici sermonis libertate Ut nulli adulatus, omnibus placeret. Natus 1724. Obiit 1781. Consortes tumuli habet Rodolphum patrem, strenuum fortemque virum, et Henricum filium unicum, quem spei parentum mors inopina decennem praeripuit. Ita Domus felix et opulenta, quam erexit Avus, auxitque pater, cum nepote decidit. Abi viator! Et vicibus rerum humanarum perspectis, AEternitatem cogita! Here are deposited the remains of HENRY THRALE, Who managed all his concerns in the present world, public and private, in such a manner as to leave many wishing he had continued longer in it; And all that related to a future world, as if he had been sensible how short a time he was to continue in this. Simple, open, and uniform in his manners, his conduct was without either art or affectation. In the senate steadily attentive to the true interests of his king and country, He looked down with contempt on the clamours of the multitude: Though engaged in a very extensive business, He found some time to apply to polite literature And was ever ready to assist his friends labouring under any difficulties, with his advice, his influence, and his purse. To his friends, acquaintance, and guests, he behaved with such sweetness of manners as to attach them all to his person: So happy in his conversation with them, as to please all, though he flattered none. He was born in the year 1724, and died in 1781. He was born in the year 17242, and died in 1781. In the same tomb lie interred his father, Ralph Thrale, a man of vigour and activity, And his only son Henry, who died before his father, Aged ten years. Thus a happy and opulent family, Raised by the grandfather, and augmented by the father, became extinguished with the grandson. Go, Reader! And reflecting on the vicissitudes of all human affairs, Meditate on eternity.
		Hester Maria Cotton's mourning tablet By Joseph Wilton, epitaph by Dr. Samuel Johnson.
		Sophia Thrale's mourning tablet By John Flaxman at St Leonards Church, Streatham. Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them. Rev Chap XIV Ver 13. [Book of Revelation] Sacred to the memory of Sophia Wife of Henry Merrik Hoare Esqr of London Third daughter of Henry Thrale Esqr And grand-daughter of Hester Maria Salusbury Whom in her recorded virtues she equalled And the excellence of whose mind Was expressed in the beauty of her countenance Born 23rd July 1771. Died 8th Novr 1824.
		Thrale family burial vault, St Leonards, Streatham. The very large leather decorated, lead-lined coffin in the middle, is that of Henry Thrale. The plaque which is inscribed… Henry Thrale Esq. Died 4 April 1781 aged 53 years. The other coffins are his children.

Christened

Matches 1 to 3 of 3

	Last Name, Given Name(s)	Christened		Person ID
1	Thrale, Anna Maria	17 Apr 1768	Saint Leonards Church, Streatham, Surrey, England	I217
2	Thrale, Henry Salusbury	3 Mar 1767	Saint Leonards Church, Streatham, Surrey, England	I670
3	Thrale, Lucy Elizabeth	16 Jul 1769	Saint Leonards Church, Streatham, Surrey, England	I218

Buried

Matches 1 to 13 of 13

	Last Name, Given Name(s)	Buried		Person ID
1	Cotton, Hester Maria	Unknown	Saint Leonards Church, Streatham, Surrey, England	I683
2	Mostyn, Thomas Arthur Bertie		Saint Leonards Church, Streatham, Surrey, England	I429
3	Thrale, Anna Maria	23 Mar 1770	Saint Leonards Church, Streatham, Surrey, England	I217
4	Thrale, Cecilia Margaretta	Unknown	Saint Leonards Church, Streatham, Surrey, England	I96
5	Thrale, Frances	8 Oct 1765	Saint Leonards Church, Streatham, Surrey, England	I216
6	Thrale, Frances Anna		Saint Leonards Church, Streatham, Surrey, England	I91
7	Thrale, Henry M.P.	11 Apr 1781	Saint Leonards Church, Streatham, Surrey, England	I83
8	Thrale, Henry Salusbury	28 Mar 1776	Saint Leonards Church, Streatham, Surrey, England	I670
9	Thrale, Lucy Elizabeth	26 Nov 1773	Saint Leonards Church, Streatham, Surrey, England	I218
10	Thrale, Penelope		Saint Leonards Church, Streatham, Surrey, England	I219
11	Thrale, Ralph		Saint Leonards Church, Streatham, Surrey, England	I220
12	Thrale, Ralph M.P.		Saint Leonards Church, Streatham, Surrey, England	I69
13	Thrale, Susannah Arabella		Saint Leonards Church, Streatham, Surrey, England	I93