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 North Street Burial Ground, Calcutta - Part 1
| Date transcribed | 2015-08-12 | | Transcribed by | Peter Bailey |
| | Cemetery | North Park Street Burial Ground  | | | Page | 187 | | | Bio | Bio | | | Surname | Porcher | | | Forename(s) | Thomas Dupre | | | Year of Death | 1812 | | | Inscription | Sacred to the Memory of Thomas Dupre Porcher, a factor in the Service of the Honorable East India Company on their Bengal Establishment, and Member of the mercantile firm of Alexander & Co. ; a young man of eminent virtues and endowments. Mr. Porcher arrived in Bengal in the year 1806, at the early age of seventeen, and though from that period till his death a great portion of his time was necessarily devoted to the laborious details of a mercantile life, he had nevertheless found leisure to cultivate his mind to a degree not often attained even by those who follow literature as a profession; to a quick and happy perception, and ardent flow of spirits; and a just relish for every rational pleasure, he united an understanding singularly clear, candid and manly. He was endeared to his intimates by the most amiable manners, a sweetness of temper which no change could ruffle, and an active benignity of disposition, of which few were long near him without experiencing the effects his loss has been not less generally felt, than deeply lamented, society has been deprived in him, of one of its best ornaments and hopes, while those who were connected with him by closer ties have to mourn a friend of whom it may be truly and emphatically said that he was made to be loved. Obit. September 25th, A.D. 1812, Aetat. 23. |
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