Series 1 > Tours in Scotland 1747, 1750, 1760

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.
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His body was interred in Bishop Montgomery’s tomb at Ard-
braccan, and on the south side of the monument is inserted a
small slab in memory of the great traveller:—
By a strange fatality indeed it has fallen to the lot of a most
unlettered muse to record the place where are deposited the
remains of this amiable, learned, and charitable prelate, whose
thirst after Knowledge prompted him to encounter so many
dangers and labours.
HERE LIES INTERED THE BODY OF
DOCTOR RICHARD POCOCKE
BISHOP OF MEATH WHO DIED
September 15th 1765 in
the 63rd year of his age.
The inscription is cut on a tablet of Ardbraccan stone.
The two mutual friends of the late Bishop of Meath, Dr.
Ducarel and the Bishop of Carlisle, exchanged sympathies on
the occasion of their bereavement—
To Dr. A. C. Ducarel, LL.D., F.R.S., & F.S.A.
Hagley Hall, Oct. 21, 1765.
Dear Sir,—Though I hope to be in town some time next
week and consequently shall see you soon, yet I cannot defer
returning you my thanks by letter, for the very kind condolence
you express on the great loss I have sustained in the death of my
much esteemed old friend Bp. Pococke. Indeed, few things have
ever affected me with deeper concern ; but it is my duty to
submit patiently to the will of God. . . . —Your obliged and
faithful humble servant, Cha. Carlisle.1
In the Cathedral of St. Canice, Kilkenny, a more worthy
monument, bearing the following inscription, was erected to
his memory by his former grateful parishioners—
Sacred to the memory of Richard Pococke, LL.D :
Who from the Archdeaconry of Dublin,
Was promoted to this See [Ossory] mdcclvi,
1 Rev. Dr. Charles Lyttelton (afterwards Dean of Exeter, Bishop of Carlisle,
and President of the Society of Antiquaries).