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๐๐ฉ๐บ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐บ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ?
The St. Georgeโs Church has quite a few memorials in its vicinity, but one of the more interesting memorials that remains today is that of Governor Robert Fullerton's wife, Harriet, who was known to be a very uncompromising and exacting mistress during her lifetime. As a result, the disdain for her was so great that when she died in 1830, the household staff swore to curse her grave and never let her rest in peace.
The threat shook Fullerton to the core. Unknown to many, he held a mock funeral ceremony for his wife at the old Northam Road Protestant Cemetery that was attended by prominent residents in the settlement. The coffin buried that day was filled with earth instead of Harriet's body.
Later that same night, under the cloak of darkness, St Georgeโs Church became the venue of a secret burial where a coffin bearing Harrietโs body was lowered into a hole dug in the chancel floor. Rumour has it that the service was witnessed only by Fullerton. [1]
Then, Fullerton returned to Europe in 1830 and died in London on 6 June 1831, and was interred in a vault of the St Marylebone Parish Church in London. [2]
Thumb through this album to view the rare shot of Harriet's memorial!
๐ณ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐? ๐ท๐๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐!โค๏ธโ๐ฅ
๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ Mr ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ก ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ก๐จ๐ญ๐จ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐. ๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐จ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ:
http://ssquah.blogspot.com/.../bicentenary-of-st-georges...
St. George's Anglican Church, 1, Lebuh Farquhar, George Town.
[1] https://www.nst.com.my/.../hidden-secrets-religious-sites... [2] https://www.stmarylebone.org/.../Sir_Robert_Fullerton.pdf
A snapshot of the St George's Church. Photo credit: Penang Hidden Gems
Robert Fullerton (1773 โ 1831)
First Governor of the Straitsโ Settlement (1826 - 1829)
Buried in London's St Marylebone Parish Church June 1831
Credit: www.stmarylebone.org
The black marble slab in the chancel floor reads: โBeneath this stone are deposited the remains of Harriet, Wife of the Honโble Robert Fullerton, Esq., Governor of this Settlement, who departed this life, on the 30th June, 1830. Aged 48 yearsโ.
This rare shot is captured by SS Quah. To read how he was fortunate enough to have captured this shot, read his story at:
http://ssquah.blogspot.com/.../bicentenary-of-st-georges...
The inscription reads: Sacred to the memory of Robert Fullerton Esq., late Governor of Prince of Walesโs Island who passed many years of his life in the service of the Honorable East India Company with the utmost honor and integrity. In public life most upright. In private life most affectionate. He died on the 6th of June 1831 aged 58 years and is interred in a vault of this church. Also to the memory of Harriet, wife of Robert Fullerton, Esq., who died at Prince of Walesโs Island on 30th June 1830 leaving her family to deplore the loss of a most inestimable and attached mother.
Credit: www.stmarylebone.org/