Harpur, John 1616-1669
Title:
Knight
Military Rank:
Colonel
First Name:
John
Last Name:
Harpur
Memorial Type:
Memorial - Funerary
Does the monument still exist?
Yes
Installation Date:
1669
Inscription:
I.H./Dec 19/1669/Aet[ati]s s[vae] 53 (inscription on painting)
Allegiance:
Royalist
Condition:
Good
Condition Description:
Photographic evidence
Memorial Notes:
Oil painting of Harpur, who was buried in Calke Church where this portrait hung as his memorial until removed in the nineteenth-century. (NT)
Memorial Address:
St. Giles Church, Calke, Ashby-de-la-Zouch LE65 1RR
County:
Derby
Country:
England
Location within building:
Formerly in Calke Church (Geolocation: 52.798020298830984, -1.4539018), now in NT Calke Abbey Collection, Calke Abbey, Ticknall, Derby DE73 7JF, The Harpur Crewe Collection (acquired by the National Trust with the help of the help of the National Heritage Memorial Fund in 1984 (https://www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/object/290424)
Geoloation:
Geolocation: 52.798020298830984, -1.4539018
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