Eastern Cape, PORT ELIZABETH / GQEBERHA, Central, Donkin Reserve, Pyramid and Lighthouse, Memorial

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Cemetery information:- Full inscription of the plaque: Elizabeth Frances Lady Donkin Eldest daughter of Dr George Markham Dean of York Died at Mirat in Upper Hindoostan of a fever after seven days illness on the 21st of August 1818 aged not quite 28 years. She left an infant in his seventh month, too young to know the irreparable loss he had sustained and a husband whose heart is still wrung by undiminished grief. He erected this Pyramid August 1820. Her husband was Lieutenant General Sir Rufane Shaw DONKIN. Album complete. eGGSA captions by: Riana le Roux The GGSA Cemetery DVD only has information on the cemetery location. Cemetery ID: 5930 Google Earth Cemetery Initiative Information:- GPSID: 7098 GPS: -33 57.728, 25 37.227