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St. Peter's Church (Church of Ireland), Peter's Hill, Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland


English: Monument in memory of Rt Hon. Henry Singleton , Chief Justice of the Common Pleas for Ireland , sculpted in 1787 by John Hickey . View from the south gallery. (See Christine Casey and Alistair Rowan, North Leinster , pp. 237–238; Rita Larkin, Hickey, John . In: Sculpture 1600–2000 , Art and Architecture of Ireland Volume III, pp. 167–169.) Inscription:

To the Memory
OF THE
Rt Hon. HENRY SINGLETON,
Who was choſen in early Life,
Recorder of Drogheda
And it's Repreſentative in Parliament.
Eminently qualified
To ſuſtain the Dignity of the Profeſſion, he was ſucceſſively appointed
PRIME SERJEANT and LORD CHIEF JUSTICE of the COMMON PLEAS,
And a MEMBER of the Most honourable the PRIVY COUNCIL,
Which high & important Duties he diſcharged with diſtinguiſhed
WISDOM and INTEGRITY;
And finally evinced a noble Spirit of Moderation,
By retiring from Office without increaſing the Burdens of his Country
He was afterwards ſolicited to accept
THE
MASTERSHIP of the ROLLS;
And in that exalted Station he departed this tranſitory Life.
AD 1760. Æ 73.
The Excellence of his publick Character was happily ſupported by an ardent
ZEAL for RELIGION
And by the extenſive Benevolence of his private Life.
In grateful Eſteem to his Memory, his Nephew
SYDENHAM SINGLETON, Eſqr.
Cauſed this Monument to be Erected.

The inscription is also fully cited in Séamus Bellew, Drogheda Churches: Heraldry and Memorial Inscriptions. Journal of the County Louth Archaeological and Historical Society, vol. 26, no. 3, 2007, pp. 386–403, JSTOR 27730002 .
John Hickey (1756–1795) wikidata:Q6239189
Description Irish sculptor
Date of birth/death 1756 Edit this at Wikidata 1795 Edit this at Wikidata
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Author Andreas F. Borchert
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