Tomb Of Count And Countess De Morella Approximately 45 Metres To North East Of North Transept Of Christ Church is a Grade II listed building in the Runnymede local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 May 1988. Tomb.
Tomb Of Count And Countess De Morella Approximately 45 Metres To North East Of North Transept Of Christ Church
- WRENN ID
- pale-glass-azure
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Runnymede
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 May 1988
- Type
- Tomb
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SU 96 NE VIRGINIA WATER CHRISTCHURCH ROAD (north side, off)
3/140 Tomb of Count and Countess de Morella approximately 45 metres to north east of north transept of Christ Church
II
Memorial. Early C20. Commemorates Ramon Cabrera, Count de Morella, Marquis del Ter d. 1877 and his wife Marianne Catherine, d. 1915. Polished grey granite. Tall plain cross mounted on 4-step podium, the top step with relief carving of Roman- style tools of war (helmet, sword, spear, shield, laurel wreath). Face of top step has raised border and inscription commemorating Ramon Cabrera and the step below an inscription commemorating his wife. Cabrera was a Carlist general in the Civil Wars in Spain 1836-43. He was ennobled by the pretender, Carlos V, and praised by the Duke of Wellington for his military prowess. After the Carlists' defeat he settled in England. R H Chant, Spanish Tiger (Midas Books, 1983). E Holt, The Carlist Wars in Spain (Putnam 1967). M Tomas, Ramon Cabrera (Historia de un Hombre), (Editorial juventud S A Barcelona, 1939).
Listing NGR: SU9885768580
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