Tomb inscription · 1872
James Wilkinson Breeks
- Date
- 6 June 1872
- Place
- Stephens
- Plot
- Serial 2286
- Inscription
- Sacred to the memory of James Wilkinson Breeks, Commissioner of the Nilgherries, aged 42 years. This stone is placed upon his grave by his friends in the Madras Civil Service, who loved and honoured him living, and who deeply lament his early death.
- Notes
- Private Secretary to Sir William Denison when acting Governor-General in 1863. A posthumous work of considerable merit on the tribes and sepulchral monuments of the Nilgiris was published in 1873 under the editorship of his widow, who was a daughter of Sir W. Denison. A sister-in-law of Breeks was married to George Moore, the merchant and philanthropist referred to in Smiles' 'Self Help', page 368, 1878 edition. See No. 2751.