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Tomb of 10th Earl

Tomb of 11th Earl

Tomb of Baron Herbert of Lea

Stained glass window



Wilton parish church

Wilton parish church, Wilton, Wiltshire.
Burial place of the Earls of Pembroke.

The old parish church was the medieval St Mary's Church in the Market Place of Wilton. See street view.
9th Earl of Pembroke was buried at Wilton in 1750.
His wife Mary Fitzwilliam was buried here 1769.
The 11th Earl's 1st wife Elizabeth Beauclerk was buried here in 1793.
10th Earl buried here 1794.
11th Earl buried here 1827.

A spectacular new parish church, the Church of St Mary and St Nicholas, was built in 1845 at a different site. See street view.
The new church was built by the 11th Earl's widow Catherine Woronzow and her son Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea.
There were in fact a number of old churches in Wilton. The new church was built on the site of the former church of St. Nicholas.
Monuments were moved from the old parish church to the new parish church.
The above would presumably remain buried at the site of the old church. Unless they were in coffins that could be moved to the crypt of the new church.

The 11th Earl's 2nd wife Catherine Woronzow was buried at Wilton in 1856.
Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea was buried here in 1861.

WSHC 2057/F1/18 has photographs of the crypt of Wilton church. Date 1980.





360 view of Wilton church interior.
Click to rotate.
The Pembroke tombs are mostly in the front RHS corner.
From here.


  

Tomb of 9th Earl

Tomb of the 9th Earl of Pembroke (died 1750). See findagrave.
Formerly on this tomb was a bust of the 9th Earl by Roubillac, made around the time of his death in 1750.
The bust was sold c.1999 to establish a trust for church maintenance. A copy of the bust is now on his tomb.

WSHC 2057/H3/18a is an architectural drawing, date c.1750, showing the plan of the E end of (the old) St. Mary's Church, Wilton, with the monument to the 9th Earl of Pembroke. The entry says that apart from the bust, "the rest of the monument has not survived". And indeed the drawings seem to show a different monument to the current monument.




Grave of 9th Earl, Wilton parish church.
Shows copy of the bust of 9th Earl.
From findagrave. Added 2009.
See also 2009 photo. From jmc4 on Flickr. Used with permission.



Copy of bust of 9th Earl on his grave, Wilton parish church.
Photo 2011. From Geograph.
See 1999 shot. From jmc4 on Flickr. Used with permission.



The original bust of the 9th Earl by Roubillac.
On loan to Victoria and Albert Museum, Sculpture Hall.
Photo 2012. See full size and wider shot and label.
See other shot close-up. From here. Creative Commons.




Tomb of 10th Earl

Tomb of the 10th Earl of Pembroke (died 1794). See findagrave.

WSHC 2057/F1/15 has sketch for memorial for 10th Earl (died 1794), plus sketch for memorial for 11th Earl's 1st wife (died 1793). Sketch would be made c.1794.

  


Grave of 10th Earl, Wilton parish church.
From findagrave. Added 2009.




Tomb of 11th Earl

Tomb of the 11th Earl of Pembroke (died 1827). See findagrave.
  


Grave of 11th Earl, Wilton parish church.
Monument by Westmacott.
From findagrave. Added 2009.
See other shot. From jmc4 on Flickr. Used with permission.
See close-up. From jmc4. Used with permission.



Wider shot of grave of 11th Earl.
From findagrave. Added 2009.
See 2011 shot. From Geograph.



Memorial to the 11th Earl's 1st wife Elizabeth Beauclerk, Wilton parish church.
From findagrave. Added 2009.
See 2011 shot. From Geograph.



Tomb of the 11th Earl's 2nd wife Catherine Woronzow, Wilton parish church.
From findagrave. Posted 2009.
See other shots.
See 1999 shot. From jmc4 on Flickr. Used with permission.
See 1999 shot. From jmc4.


  

Tomb of Baron Herbert of Lea

Tomb of Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea (died 1861). See findagrave.
  


Tomb of Baron Herbert of Lea, Wilton parish church.
From findagrave. Posted 2009.
See other shots.
See 1999 shot. From jmc4 on Flickr. Used with permission.
See 1999 shot. From jmc4.



Tomb of Baron Herbert of Lea.
Photo 2011. From Geograph.



Wider shot shows, in background, the memorials to 11th Earl, his 1st wife, and 9th Earl.
Photo 1999. See full size. From jmc4 on Flickr. Used with permission.


  

Stained glass window

Stained glass window commemorating the marriage in 1554 of Queen Mary with Philip II of Spain in the presence of the 1st Earl of Pembroke.
The royal marriage took place on 25 July 1554 at Winchester Cathedral.
The window was formerly in the old chapel in Wilton House.
It is now in the new Wilton parish church.
It includes figures of the 1st Earl and his late wife Anne Parr (who died 1552).



The stained glass window.
Photo 2013. From Geograph.



1st Earl of Pembroke.
The face is a modern restoration.
Photo 1999. See larger and full size.
From jmc4 on Flickr. Used with permission.



Other shot of the above.
See full size.
From jmc4 on Flickr. Used with permission.



Anne Parr.
Photo 1999. See larger and full size.
From jmc4 on Flickr. Used with permission.



Other shot of the above.
See full size.
From jmc4 on Flickr. Used with permission.




  

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