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Depicted wearing a mortarboard, the bearded face of Frederick Alderson is set between
two shields. The inscription, which is on either side of the bust, reads:
In loving memory of Frederick Cecil
Alderson
youngest son of
Sir Edmund Hall Alderson
Baron of the Exchequer and
Georgina Caroline Drewe
of the Grange Honiton.
He was Canon Residentiary of
Peterborough Cathedral
Chaplain in Ordinary to
Her Majesty Queen Victoria
and Honorary Chaplain to
His Majesty King Edward VII
M.A. CAMB
Rector of Holdenby 1865-1894
and of Lutterworth 1893-1901.
Born 20th April 1836
Died 3rd December 1907
"And love will last as pure and whole
as when he loved me here in Time
And at the spiritual prime
Reawaken with the driving soul"
This tablet is erected
by his children.
Frederick Alderson was educated at Eton and Christ's College, Cambridge,
where he was a rowing blue. He was ordained a deacon at York in 1861 and priest the following year. His
first curacy was at Ampthill, Bedfordshire (1861–3) followed by Hursley, Hants (1863–5)
before becoming Rector of Holdenby, Northamptonshire in 1865. In 1893 he was appointed rector
of Lutterworth. He was buried in Peterborough Cathedral.
Sepulchral Effigies of Leicestershire and Rutland
Text copyright Max Matthews 2002. Selected text copyright Bob Trubshaw 2025–6.
Images copyright Max Matthews 2002 or Bob Trubshaw 2002, 2025–6.
No copying or reproduction without prior written permission.
Published by Heart of Albion Press
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