Sculptor: Joseph Durham ARA, FSA (1814-77)
JULIUS LUCIUS BRENCHLEY,
BENEFACTOR,
BORN at KINGSLEY HOUSE, MAIDSTONE, 30th NOVEMBER, 1816,
DIED at FOLKESTONE, 24th FEBRUARY, 1873.
After many years of travel, returning to England, he bought,
laid out, and transferred to the Maidstone Local Board the
adjacent Public Garden, and at his death bequeathed his
collections of Natural History, Books, and Works of Art to
Trustees, with an Endowment for their preservation and
exhibition in this Museum.
Alternative plaque:
JULIUS LUCIUS BRENCHLEY, HOARDER, I died and left Maidstone Museum so much stuff that its curator had to give up his bedroom and move into the attic |
