Lady Gertrude FitzPatrick was the subject of the painting 'Collina' by Sir Joshua Reynolds, painted c.1779 when she was aged about 5 years old. 'Collina' is Italian for 'little hill', perhaps a reference to the setting.
Funeral of the late Lady Gertrude Fitzpatrick.
On Thursday week the mortal remains of this amiable lady were interred in the ancestral vault within the Church of Grafton Underwood. The funeral cortege left Farming Woods at 12 o'clock, preceded by 30 of the principal tenantry on horseback. The hearse, decorated with escutcheons, was preceded by her ladyship's horse, caparisoned in sable, and led by a groom, was followed by six mourning coaches and four, containing the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, M.P., the Baron Robeck, J. W. Fitzpatrick, Esq., R. W. Fitzpatrick, Esq., Lord Lilford, Sir G. S. Robinson, Bart., Revs. D. F. Hatton, J Miller, Duthy, T. Cooke, G. Carter, and other friends of the deceased. The long procession was closed by the carriages of the Ladies FitzPatrick, Lord Lilford, T. P. Maunsell, Esq. M.P., Lady de Capell Brooke, &c. All the shops and private house in Brigstock and Grafton were closed, and the roads were lined the whole way from the mansion to the sepulchre, a distance of more than five miles, with a dense assemblage of silent and sorrowful spectators. The solemn and affecting service for the dead was performed by the Rev T. Cooke, the rector of the parish, which is in the patronage of the FitzPatrick family. The church was crowded to excess. [Northampton Mercury - Saturday 16 October 1841, p.3]
Funeral of the late Lady Gertrude Fitzpatrick.
On Thursday week the mortal remains of this amiable lady were interred in the ancestral vault within the Church of Grafton Underwood. The funeral cortege left Farming Woods at 12 o'clock, preceded by 30 of the principal tenantry on horseback. The hearse, decorated with escutcheons, was preceded by her ladyship's horse, caparisoned in sable, and led by a groom, was followed by six mourning coaches and four, containing the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, M.P., the Baron Robeck, J. W. Fitzpatrick, Esq., R. W. Fitzpatrick, Esq., Lord Lilford, Sir G. S. Robinson, Bart., Revs. D. F. Hatton, J Miller, Duthy, T. Cooke, G. Carter, and other friends of the deceased. The long procession was closed by the carriages of the Ladies FitzPatrick, Lord Lilford, T. P. Maunsell, Esq. M.P., Lady de Capell Brooke, &c. All the shops and private house in Brigstock and Grafton were closed, and the roads were lined the whole way from the mansion to the sepulchre, a distance of more than five miles, with a dense assemblage of silent and sorrowful spectators. The solemn and affecting service for the dead was performed by the Rev T. Cooke, the rector of the parish, which is in the patronage of the FitzPatrick family. The church was crowded to excess. [Northampton Mercury - Saturday 16 October 1841, p.3]
Lady Gertrude FitzPatrick was the subject of the painting 'Collina' by Sir Joshua Reynolds, painted c.1779 when she was aged about 5 years old. 'Collina' is Italian for 'little hill', perhaps a reference to the setting.
Funeral of the late Lady Gertrude Fitzpatrick.
On Thursday week the mortal remains of this amiable lady were interred in the ancestral vault within the Church of Grafton Underwood. The funeral cortege left Farming Woods at 12 o'clock, preceded by 30 of the principal tenantry on horseback. The hearse, decorated with escutcheons, was preceded by her ladyship's horse, caparisoned in sable, and led by a groom, was followed by six mourning coaches and four, containing the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, M.P., the Baron Robeck, J. W. Fitzpatrick, Esq., R. W. Fitzpatrick, Esq., Lord Lilford, Sir G. S. Robinson, Bart., Revs. D. F. Hatton, J Miller, Duthy, T. Cooke, G. Carter, and other friends of the deceased. The long procession was closed by the carriages of the Ladies FitzPatrick, Lord Lilford, T. P. Maunsell, Esq. M.P., Lady de Capell Brooke, &c. All the shops and private house in Brigstock and Grafton were closed, and the roads were lined the whole way from the mansion to the sepulchre, a distance of more than five miles, with a dense assemblage of silent and sorrowful spectators. The solemn and affecting service for the dead was performed by the Rev T. Cooke, the rector of the parish, which is in the patronage of the FitzPatrick family. The church was crowded to excess. [Northampton Mercury - Saturday 16 October 1841, p.3]
Funeral of the late Lady Gertrude Fitzpatrick.
On Thursday week the mortal remains of this amiable lady were interred in the ancestral vault within the Church of Grafton Underwood. The funeral cortege left Farming Woods at 12 o'clock, preceded by 30 of the principal tenantry on horseback. The hearse, decorated with escutcheons, was preceded by her ladyship's horse, caparisoned in sable, and led by a groom, was followed by six mourning coaches and four, containing the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, M.P., the Baron Robeck, J. W. Fitzpatrick, Esq., R. W. Fitzpatrick, Esq., Lord Lilford, Sir G. S. Robinson, Bart., Revs. D. F. Hatton, J Miller, Duthy, T. Cooke, G. Carter, and other friends of the deceased. The long procession was closed by the carriages of the Ladies FitzPatrick, Lord Lilford, T. P. Maunsell, Esq. M.P., Lady de Capell Brooke, &c. All the shops and private house in Brigstock and Grafton were closed, and the roads were lined the whole way from the mansion to the sepulchre, a distance of more than five miles, with a dense assemblage of silent and sorrowful spectators. The solemn and affecting service for the dead was performed by the Rev T. Cooke, the rector of the parish, which is in the patronage of the FitzPatrick family. The church was crowded to excess. [Northampton Mercury - Saturday 16 October 1841, p.3]
Inscription
Near unto this place in the hope of a joyful resurrection lieth the body of the Right honorable / and virtuous lady Gertrude Fitz Patrick of ffarming Woods in this county, daughter of John Earl of upper Ossory she departed this life the xxx of Sep'r / in the Year of our Lord God MDCCCXLI in the LXV of her age. / In memory of whom / Richard Wilson Fitz Patrick Esq'r with pious reverence hath laid this graven slab.
With Mercie to the poor her breast did flow
The fruits of Mercie may her soul now know. Amen.
Gravesite Details
In North Chapel , on an altar tomb, a handsome brass with the figure of a women kneeling, as in prayer, with the label "Holy Trinity One God have mercy on me."
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