Monument to Peter Thomson, Kensal Green Cemetery

The monument to Peter Thomson in Kensal Green Cemetery is a large and thick headstone set on a coped plinth. The upper section features a stepped design adorned with leafy scrolls, and at the top, there is an image of an open book with the Masonic square and compasses in front, topped by a stack of Masonic tools. The western face of the stone includes a roundel with the Dove of Peace in relief, beneath which is a lengthy inscription dedicated to Peter Thomson. The eastern face displays a roundel with a Star of David and a wreath containing the interlinked letters PT.

The main inscription reads: ‘Sacred to the memory of / Mr Peter Thomson / who died on the 27th of Feby 1851 aged 72 years. / He was for a very long period an active member / of the ancient fraternity of freemasons. / And for 38 years / a member of the Grand Lodge of England / in which he served the office of Grand Deacon / by honesty of purpose, undeviating integrity and / kindness of disposition while living he secured / the esteem, the confidence and the good will / of all his brethren who in a testimony of respect / to departed worth have erected this monument.’