3-082-233 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Monument to Bishop Claughton, to be placed in the North Transept of St. Albans Abbey, 1895. 'It is fitting that the long and useful life of the late Bishop of St. Albans should be commemorated in the cathedral of the diocese. The monument which will be unveiled shortly in the north transept is a fine specimen of such work. The sculptor, Mr. Fischer, is to be congratulated on the admirable likeness to Dr. Claughton which he has given in the recumbent figure. Those who remember the benevolent features of the late Bishop will be most ready to testify to the success of the sculptor. The whole monument is artistically conceived, and is a worthy record in stone of a life whose good influences are as imperishable. The Right Rev. Thomas Legh Claughton, D.D., was for some time Professor of Poetry in the University of Oxford. He was consecrated Bishop of Rochester in 1867, and, ten years later, when the see of St. Albans was founded, he was translated thither. Owing to failing health, Dr. Claughton retired from the bishopric in 1890, being succeeded by Dr. Resting. He died on July 25, 1892, at the age of eighty-four.' From "Illustrated London News", 1895.