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Prestwold: St Andrew

NAME

TYPE

MATERIAL

DATE

Marianna Packe

Bust

Marble by Richard Westmacott

1921: Made in 1844

The bust shows Marianna wearing shoulder-length hair and an off the shoulder dress.

The inscription beneath the bust, which was taken from Prestwold Hall to be used as the memorial in the church, reads:

    To the memory of Marianna Penelope Catherine Packe only daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel George Hussey Packe and of Mary Ann Lydia his wife. Born 21st August 1832 died 7 May 1921.


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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