Location

The plaque is on the back of one of the choristers stalls in the chancel.
South side, back row, second from the west end.
 

Memorial
Plaque to General The Hon. Sir Leycester Smyth
 
Inscription
GENERAL THE HON. SIR
LEYCESTER SMYTH K.C.B.,K.C.M.G.,
GOVERNOR OF GIBRALTAR, LATE
LIEUT GOV.PORTSMOUTH.
BORN OCT 25 1829 DIED JAN 27 1891
DD. LIEUT. GEN. H.R.H. THE DUKE
OF CONNAUGHT AND STRATHEARN
K.G. K.C.B. LIEUT. GOVERNOR OF
PORTSMOUTH JAN 1 1893

 

 

Further Information
 
This plaque is on one of the two most westerly stalls at the rear on the South side which were later additions. Originally 42 stalls were adorned with the plaques, the place where the last two were added was then a doorway to the belltower. This had gone out of use by the 1890's and the church authorities decided to block up the entrance with two more matching stalls.
 
Sir Leicester Curzon Smyth (sic) is recorded in the annals of Gibraltar as being Governor from 23 August 1890 to 27 January 1891.
 

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