274 GILBEET WHITE OF SELBOENE 



writer, the Rev. Gilbert White. I hope a monument will 

 be erected to his memory in the church he has so pleasingly 

 described, in which I conclude he is interred." 



The members of his family placed the now well- 

 known tablet to their relative's memory outside the 

 north wall of the chancel, in proximity to the grave, 

 which was marked by a headstone, bearing the 

 initials ** G. W." and date of death, '* 26 June, 

 1793." 



" In the fifth grave from this wall are interred the Remains of 



the Revd. Gilbert White, m.a., 



Fifty years Fellow of Oriel College in Oxford, 



and Historian of this his native parish. 



He was the eldest son of John White Esquire Barrister-at-Law 



and Anne his wife, only child of 



Thomas Holt, Rector of Streatham in Surrey. 



Which said John White was the only son of Gilbert White 



Formerly Vicar of this Parish. 



He was kind and Beneficent to His Relations 



Benevolent to the Poor 



And deservedly respected by all his Friends and Neighbours. 



He was born July 18th, 1720, O.S. 



And died June 26th 1793. 



Nee bono quicquam mali evenire potest. 



Nee vivo, nee mortuo." 



In 1810 this monument, together with one to 

 Benjamin White the elder, was removed for the sake 

 of better preservation into the chancel. Unfortu- 

 nately, presumably because the chancel wall next 

 the graves was fully occupied with tablets to the 

 White and Etty families, they were placed on the 

 side furthest from the graves ; so that the indication 

 given in them of the position of the latter is now 



