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Index of "A Hand Book to St Mary's Church, Fort St. George, Madras"
Date transcribed | 2017-08-00 | Transcribed by | Andrew Cumine | Comment | Index of names from 'A Hand Book to St Mary's Church, Fort St. George, Madras', written by the Rev. Charles Herbert Malden, Canon of St George's Cathedral, Madras and Garrison Chaplain, 1893-4 and 1901-6. The transcription is of The Old Tombstones | Outside St Mary's Church. The other memorials recorded in the book are of those inside the church.
The book contains a useful checklist (as at 1905) of the church's registers from 1680.
The book is in the library of the East India Club in St James's Square, London SW1Y 4LH. |
| Surname | Yale | | Other names | David | | Death | 25 January 1688 | | Inscription | Hic Jacet DAVID filius Honorabilisis ELIHU YALE Presidentis et Gubernatoris Castelli St Georgii et civitatis Maddrassiae natus fuit 15 May 1684 et obiit 25 Januarii anno 1688. | | Comment by Rev. Charles Herbert Malden | The inscriptions to the memory of David Yale and Joseph Hynmers are inside the Yale monument on the Esplanade, near the Law College. David Yale was the son of Elihu Yale Governor, who gave his name to the Yale University in the United States. |
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The major central Anglican cemetery in Madras in Anna Salai (formerly Bodyguard Road, an extension towards the Fort St George of Mount Road)
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