John Mason Neale
The name John Mason Neale is the first name on the monument.
The monument is in St Swithun church burial ground, East Grinstead, Sussex, England.
There are 648 other graves within this cemetery that are listed within the GPR database.
John Mason Neale was buried in 1866. The actual date of death is not currently recorded on the GPR database but it may be on the grave monument photograph.
John Mason Neale is listed on the GPR grave numbered 132855.
John Mason Neale is listed as the first name on monument on the grave monument.
John Mason Neale has the record number 282365 within the GPR person name database table.
The record was added to the GPR on 24 May 2011
There is one image available for the monument listing John Mason Neale (see grave detail page).
The follow note is stored against John Mason Neale record:
Born 24 Jan 1818 in London, son of Rev Cornelius Neale MA and Susann Good. Educated privately and at Sherborne school followed by Trinity College Cambridge. Winner of the Seatonian prize for poetry (religious) at least six times. Founder of Cambridge Camden Society. Considered one of the formost classicists of his time. Member of the Oxford Movement. Best known for the many ancient Hymns which he translated and some of his own composition including 'Good King Wenceslas'. Writer of many books mainly religious including 'A History of the Eastern Church'. Founded the Community of St Margaret at East Grinstead, an Anglican Convent and schools.Suffered from ill health and was Warden of Sackville College, East Grinstead, almshouses for the elderly. Married 1842 Sarah Norman Webster. He died 5th August 1866. There is a window depicting him in Chichester Cathedral