GIFT TO CATHEDRAL

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 816, 9 November 1929, Page 9

GIFT TO CATHEDRAL

MODEL OF OLD WARSHIP MARY ROSE 100 ADMIRALS PRESENT LONDON, Thursday. The model of a 17th century warship, the Mary Rose, carved out of a block of kauri, lias been presented to Portsmouth Cathedral by Mr. Clements Langford, of Melbourne, a native of Portsmouth. The model was handed over in the presence of 100 admirals. Master John Kempthorne, the youngest descendant of Admiral Sir John Kempthorne, commander of the Mary Rose, headed the procession, after which four admirals, Earl Jellieoe, Sir Roger Keyes, Sir Henry Oliver and Sir Arthur Gough-Calthorpe, came forward. Sir Roger Keyes placed the model in position, opposite a monument to Sir John Kempthorne. The Bishop of Lichfield, Dr. J. A. Kempthorne, a descendant of Sir John Kempthorne, preached at the service, the first of its kind held in an English cathedral. Earl Jellieoe hoisted over the model of the Mary Rose the White Ensign, which the destroyer Mary Rose carried at the Battle of Jutland. Mr. Langford sent the following cabled message: “May the glorious traditions of the Navy become more glorious still.” The Bishop of Portsmouth, the Right Rev. E. N. Lovett, sent a reply, expressing the thanks of his diocese for the gift.