Alexander Shand Monument
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Alexander Shand Monument
Image: © Anne Burgess Taken: 4 Mar 2015
The inscription on the right-hand panel reads, "The Merits and Character of Colonel Shand may be sufficiently traced in the History of his Life. Entering into the world destitute of Friends, of Fortune and of Influence, he quitted it rich in the possession of them all. His Perception was clear, his Judgment sound, his Informations extensive, his Courage calm and his Integrity spotless. The Toils of his early Years and the Perils that marked the Meridian of his Life were rewarded at its Close by an honourable Competence and the Recollection of a Life devoted to his King and his Country. In his Death he has bequeathed this useful Lesson to Posterity, that the most formidable Obstacles disappear before Vigour and Perseverance; and that, in this Land of genuine Freedom, the highest Stations are equally accessible to Talents and to Virtue as to Riches and high Descent." See also Image The monument is a Category B Listed building.
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Image Location
Latitude
57.463688
Longitude
-2.620905