Tomb Of Edward George Hugh, Earl Grosvenor

The tomb of Edward George Hugh, Earl Grosvenor, was created in 1909 by Detmar Blow and Fernand Billerey, with sculpture by E Madeline, reflecting the style of Alfred Gilbert. It is made of cast bronze and features an openwork enclosure with panels decorated with sheaves, portcullises, and coronets. Atop the tomb is a heavy shaped rail that bears the inscription in black letter characters: "Four corners to my bed/Four angels round my head/One to watch and two to pray/And one to bear my soul away." The inscription also notes that Edward George Hugh, Earl Grosvenor, was born on the eve of St Hugh in 1904 and died on February 13, 1909. At the head of the tomb are three bronze figures representing mourning: King Edward I, St George (with a mailed foot on the neck of a slain dragon), and St Hugh in bishop's robes and mitre. The tomb is noted for its excellent craftsmanship and embodies the medievalist ideals of its time, which Blow sought to realize in his community at Hilles House, Painswick, aiming for a revival of chivalric society.