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was deposited in the same vault with her. A 

 monument was erected to their memory, con- 

 sisting of a pedestal, surmounted by a portico, 

 which is supported by four pillars, under which 

 is an urn, entwined with serpents, emblematical of 

 his profession, with the following inscription : 

 " In memory of Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. President 

 of the Royal Society and of the College of 

 Physicians, who died in the year of our Lord 

 1753, the ninety-second year of his age, without 

 the least pain of body, and with a conscious 

 serenity of mind ended a virtuous and beneficent 

 life. This monument was erected by his two 

 daughters, Elizabeth Cadogan and Sarah Stanley." 

 On the north side of the monument is a memorial 

 of Lady Sloane. * 



In conformity with the custom of the time, a 

 funeral sermon was preached by Dr Zachary 

 Pearce, at that time Bishop of Bangor, but who 

 had been expressly forbidden by the deceased to 

 give way to the gross flatteries so prevalent on 

 such occasions, Sloane very properly accounting 

 it a degree of profanation to debase with the 

 praises of human excellencies that pulpit which 

 should be devoted to display to men the attributes 

 of the Deity, and to instruct them in his laws. 



* " Here lies interred Elizabeth Lady Sloane, wife of 

 Sir Hans Sloane, Bart, who departed this life in the year 

 of our Lord 1724, and the 67th of her age. 



