3770 x 2684 px | 31,9 x 22,7 cm | 12,6 x 8,9 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
11. September 2023
Ort:
St Martin of Tours church, Werrington, Launceston, Cornwall, England, UK
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Philip (gven his master's Christian name) Scipio (after Roman General Scipio Africanus conqueror of North Africa) was brought from St Helena by Duke of Wharton who (it is believed) accepted him as a gambling debt. Wharton, a profligate & Jacobite, went to Werrington Park to stay with his sister & her husband Sir William Morice. Forced to flee to Spain in haste, he left his servant behind who became Sir William’s property. Befriended by Lady Lucy who made Scipio her personal servant. He died 10 Sept 1743, age unknown, and buried by old church in grounds of Park. Lady Lucy had plain slate stone erected above Scipio’s grave with inscription paying tribute to his sterling qualities. Scipio’s headstone was used as a paving slab when the church demolished by her husband. Rediscovered in late C19th & fixed to N wall of new church near the Morice tomb. The stone is damged and has lost the last partof the inscription. "Deposited here are the remains of Philip Scipio servant to the Duke of Wharton afterwards to Sir William Morice: An African whose quality might have done honour to any Nation or Climate and give us to see that virtue is confin'd to no Country or Complexion. Here weep uncorrupted fidelity and plain honesty. In Pious regard to which virtues. Approved by a brother and a Husband.The Right Hon. Lady Lucy Morice...........
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