KYRKE

(Front Face) IN AFFECTIONATE REMEBRANCE OF ELIZABETH ANNE, THE LOVING AND DEARLY BELOVED WIFE OF RICHARD HENRY VENABLES KYRKE OF NANT-Y-FFRITH IN THE COUNTY OF FLINT AND SECOND DAUGHTER OF THE LATE PETER WALKER OF DOUCHENFLOWER, AYRSHIRE. BORN 23RD JANUARY 1802. DIED 20TH SEPTEMBER 1882 JESUS TOOK HER TO HIS ARMS 18TH JULY 1885. FOR SO HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP. (Tablet) IN MEMORY OF RICHARD HENRY VENABLES KYRKE OF NANT-Y-FFRITH, FLINTSHIRE AND CHALET SYMONDS AT HEREFORDSHIRE, ELDEST SON OF RICHARD VENABLES KYRKE OF NANT-Y-FFRITH J.P. FLINTSHIRE AND H.S. 1890 AND GRANDSON OF RICHARD VENABLES KYRKE OF GWERSYLLT HILL, DENBIGHSHIRE AND MOUNT VERNON IN THE ISLE OF MAN. HE WAS A D.L. FOR FLINTSHIRE. J.P. FLINTSHIRE AND DENBIGHSHIRE AND H.S. FOR FLINTSHIRE 1892. HE ALSO SERVED IN THE 1ST, V.B. R.W. FUS AND RETIRED AS CAPTAIN. HE TOOK GREAT INTEREST IN LOCAL MATTERS AND HELD MANY OFFICIAL POSITIONS IN THE TWO COUNTIES. HE MARRIED AS HIS SECOND WIFE SEPT 20, 1897 EDITH HANNAH NICHOLSON, YOUNGEST DAUGHTER OF JOHN RALPH SHAW OF ARROWE PARK, CHESHIRE. H.S. D.L. AND J.P. FOR THAT COUNTY. HE DIED MARCH 27, 1925 AND WAS INTERRED HERE.