Bensley Cyrus Lawrence
The name Bensley Cyrus Lawrence is the first name on the monument.
The monument is in Municipal cemetery, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England.
There are 77 other graves within this cemetery that are listed within the GPR database.
Bensley Cyrus Lawrence was buried in 1888. The actual date of death is not currently recorded on the GPR database but it may be on the grave monument photograph.
Bensley Cyrus Lawrence age is given as 54.
Bensley Cyrus Lawrence calculated year of birth is 1834.
Bensley Cyrus Lawrence is listed on the GPR grave numbered 16971.
Bensley Cyrus Lawrence is listed as the first name on monument on the grave monument.
Bensley Cyrus Lawrence has the record number 26950 within the GPR person name database table.
There is one image available for the monument listing Bensley Cyrus Lawrence (see grave detail page).
The follow note is stored against Bensley Cyrus Lawrence record:
Cyrus Bensley Lawrence was murdered by an employee of his at Baltic Sawmills in Tunbridge Wells, along with the employee's friend - the person who fired the fatal shot, apparently after the pair either drew lots or tossed a coin to decide. His wife Maria and his children were the subject of a local appeal to raise funds for them following his death. Both of his killers were hanged in Maidstone prison on 2nd January 1889, one of them (Charles Dobell, the other being named William Gower) was 17 at the time and the last person under the age of 18 to be executed in the UK.