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Bishop of Bristol, 1718, translated to
the Archbishopric of Armagh, 1723,
and from thence to Heaven, Sept. 27,
1742.
65. A plain table monument erected to
the memory of Dr. Samuel Bradford, Bishop
of Rochester, who died on the 14th of
May 1731, in the seventy-ninth year of
his age. It contains a long Latin inscrip-
tion scarce legible, surrounded with the
arms, and proper ensigns of his several
dignities.
66. The next is a monument erected
to the memory of Richard Kane, Esq;
Governor of Minorca, adorned with a cu-
rious bust of that gentleman in white
marble, placed upon a handsome pedestal,
whereon are inscribed the most remarkable
passages of his life. He was born at Down
in Ireland, Dec. 20, 1661. In 1689 he
first appeared in a military capacity at the
memorable siege of Derry; and after the
reduction of Ireland, followed King Wil-
liam into Flanders, where he distinguished
himself, particularly by his intrepid behavi-
our at the siege of Namur, where he was
grievously wounded. In 1702, he bore a
commission in the service of Queen Anne,
and assisted in the expedition to Canada;
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from whence he again returned into Flanders,
and fought under the Duke of Argyle and
Greenwich, and afterwards under Lord
Carpenter. In 1712, he was made Sub-
Governor of Minorca, through which island
he caused a road to be made, which had
been thought impracticable. In 1720, he
was ordered by King George I. to the de-
fence of Gibraltar, where he sustained an
eight month siege against the Spaniards,
when all hope of relief was extinguished.
For which gallant service he was after-
wards, by King George II. rewarded with
the government of Minorca, where he died
Dec. 19, 1736, and was buried in the castle
of St. Philip.
67. The monument of Percy Kirk,
Esq; is adorned with a fine bust of that
gentleman, on each side of which is a wing-
ed seraph, one with a dagger in his right
hand inverted, and in his left a helmet;
the other resting on a ball, and holding in
his left hand a torch reversed. The inscrip-
tion lets us know, that he was Lieutenant-
General of his Majesty's armies; that he
was son to Percy Kirk, Lieutenant General
in the reign of King James II. by the Lady
Mary, daughter to George Howard Earl
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