IDNO

T.170374.GIJ

Description

An obelisk standing on open ground above the sea, with two European sightseers. This is the memorial monument for Henry St John. [PB 23/11/23]

Place

S Asia; Sri Lanka; Southern Province; Hambantota District; Hambantota

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Jones, Gwilliam Iwan (known as G.I.)

Collector / Expedition

Date

December 1969

Collection Name

Jones Collection

Source

Format

Print Black & White Mounted

Primary Documentation

Other Information

T.7601001.GIJ - ??? were located as loose photos and envelopes in an folder box now numbered C760/.

T.170365.GIJ - T.170388.GIJ were located in a Kodak transparency box, now numbered C760/2.

'A memorial for a Englishman called Henry John St. John in front of the Assistant Governernment Agents Bungalow at Hambanthota has been declared as an archaeological monument. It has been built around 1821 by the friends of the diseased. Henry John was born in 1798 as the third son to parents of British general  Frederick St John (20 December 1765 — 19 November 1844)  and Arabella Craven. He had just arrived had been appointed Assistant to the Collector on February 1 , 1821. He died on from a fever during a shooting excursion on 7th August, 1821 aged 23.'
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