This monument was erected by a disconsulate parent,
the Lady Viscountess Townshend,
In the memory of her fifth son,
The Hon. Lieutenant-Colonel Roger Townshend,
who was killed by a canon-ball on the 25th of July 1759,
In the 28th year of his age,
As he was reconnoitering the French lines at Ticonderoga,
in North America.

From the parent, the brother, and the friend,
His social and amiable manners,
His enterprising bravery,
And the integrity of his heart,
May claim the tribute of affection.

Yet stranger weep not;
for though premature his death,
His life was glorius;
Enrolling him with the names of those
immortal Statesmen and Commanders
Whose wisdom and intrepidity,
In the course of this comprehensive and successful war,
have extended the commerce,
Enlarged the dominion,
And upheld the majesty of these kingdoms,
Beyond the idea of any former age.