Pauline Payne Whitney Paget Memorial In St Marys Churchyard

HERTFORD

TL3011NE ST MARY'S LANE, Hertingfordbury 817-1/24/343 (South side) Pauline Payne Whitney Paget Memorial in St Mary's Churchyard

GV II

Memorial. c1920, to Pauline Payne Whitney Paget. Portland stone, with red brick stone coped dwarf surrounding walls. Sculpture of Virgin Mary and Child, with the infant St John, below a canopy supported by 2 Tuscan Doric columns in antis, frieze inscribed 'Pro patria', cornice hood with moulded brackets. Curved screens with Tuscan antae, frieze and coping, with wrought-iron screen with roundel. Plinth of sculpture inscribed 'To the memory of Almeric Hugh Paget, first Baron Queenborough, 1861-1949'. Stepped forecourt to memorial defined with brick dwarf walls. Inset stone tablets records 'Pauline Payne Whitney Paget, daughter of William Collins Whitney sometime secretary of the US Navy, 1874-1916', and that 'Almeric Hugh Paget placed the memorial in memory of Pauline Paget Whitney'. Inset into the limestone slab in front of the sculpture are lead figures of soldiers and sailors from the First World War, with the inscription 'PAVLINE' in Roman capitals. HISTORICAL NOTE: the artist of this important memorial has not been traced. It is evident that Pauline Payne Whitney Paget died as a result of her wartime voluntary work. Her daughter, Dorothy Paget became famous as a racehorse owner and is buried nearby. The memorial is situated in the extreme south-east corner of the churchyard.

Listing NGR: TL3097111950