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Tall brass surmounted by the arms of Cranbrook on a shield withe motto "Arme De Foi Hardi" (Armed with hardy faith). the whole given an ornamental border of vines
GATHORNE first Earl of Cranbrook, Viscount Cranbrook and Baron Medway, P.C., G.C.S.I., D.C.L., L.L.D. Born 1 October 1814 Died 30 October 1906 Member for Leominster 1856 - 1865, for the University of Oxford 1865 - 1878 Under Secretary of State for the Home Department 1858 - 1859 President of the Poor Law Board 1866 - 1867 Home Secretary 1867 - 1868 Secretary of State for War 1874 - 1878. Secretary of State for India 1878 - 1880 Lord President of the Council 1885 - 1886, 1886 - 1892 He died at a good old age honoured and beloved by all who knew him Justum et tenacem propositi virum
The Latin quotation is from Horace Odes Book III, ode iii, line 1 - a just man tenacious of purpose
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