Description

TQ 2471
6/128

LONDON BOROUGH OF MERTON
ST MARY'S ROAD, SW19
(east side)
Tomb 1 foot to south of Grosvenor Tomb in Churchyard of St Mary

GV II

Table tomb. Circa mid C18. White marble. Rounded ends with carved crests. Panelled sides the centre of each slightly set forward with inscribed panels. Mounted slab top, rising in centre.

The plaques on either side of the tomb read:  "Thomas Walker Esquire / died XXII October / MDCCXLVIII / in the eighty fourth year of his age" (North side, now missing) and "On the accession of his late Majesty K. Geo. 1st he was put in Commission of the Customs, in which he continued until the year 1732, when he was appointed Surveyor General of his Majesty's Land Revenue, which office he held to his death, and discharged both these trusts with integrity. He was an intimate friend of Sir Robert Walpole, and his portrait was introduced in picture at Strawberry Hill." (South side).

Listing NGR: TQ2451571447

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26640516

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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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