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- The Macquarie Mausoleum at Gruline on the Isle of Mull

The inscription on the panel at the northern end of the Macquarie mausoleum commemorates Lachlan Macquarie, his wife Elizabeth, and their children:


WITHIN THIS VAULT REST THE MORTAL REMAINS
of
MAJOR GENERAL MACQUARIE, OF JARVISFIELD
who died IN LONDON, on the 1st of July 1824,
HIS WIFE
ELISABETH HENRIETTA CAMPBELL, who died
AT JARVISFIELD, on the 17th of March 1835,
THEIR DAUGHTER
JANE JARVIS, who died IN PERTH, on the
5th of December 1808, aged 3 Months
AND THEIR SON
LACHLAN, who died AT CRAIGNISH CASTLE
on the 7th of May 1845, aged 32.
"I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that He
Shall stand at the latter day upon the earth."
JOB XIX XXV
The inscription on the panel at the southern end of the Mausoleum is a memorial to Lachlan Macquarie himself:

HERE IN THE HOPE OF A GLORIOUS RESURRECTION
LIE THE REMAINS OF THE LATE
MAJOR GENERAL LACHLAN MACQUARIE
OF JARVISFIELD
WHO WAS BORN 31ST JANUARY, 1761
AND DIED AT LONDON ON THE 1ST OF JULY, 1824
THE PRIVATE VIRTUES AND AMIABLE DISPOSITION
WITH WHICH HE WAS ENDOWED
RENDERED HIM AT ONCE A MOST BELOVED HUSBAND,
FATHER AND MASTER, AND A MOST ENDEARING FRIEND.
HE ENTERED THE ARMY AT THE AGE OF FIFTEEN
AND THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD OF 47 YEARS
SPENT IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE
WAS UNIFORMLY CHARACTERIZED
BY ANIMATED ZEAL FOR HIS PROFESSION, ACTIVE BENEVOLENCE,
AND GENEROSITY WHICH KNEW NO BOUNDS.
HE WAS APPOINTED GOVERNOR OF NEW SOUTH WALES A.D. 1809
AND FOR TWELVE YEARS FULFILLED THE DUTIES OF THAT STATION
WITH EMINENT ABILITY AND SUCCESS.
HIS SERVICES IN THAT CAPACITY
HAVE JUSTLY ATTACHED A LASTING HONOUR TO HIS NAME.
THE WISDOM, LIBERALITY, AND BENEVOLENCE
OF ALL THE MEASURES OF HIS ADMINISTRATION,
HIS RESPECT FOR THE ORDINANCES OF RELIGION
AND THE READY ASSISTANCE WHICH HE GAVE
TO EVERY CHARITABLE INSTITUTION,
THE UNWEARIED ASSIDUITY WITH WHICH HE SOUGHT TO PROMOTE
THE WELFARE OF ALL CLASSES OF THE COMMUNITY,
THE RAPID IMPROVEMENT OF THE COLONY UNDER HIS AUSPICES,
AND THE HIGH ESTIMATION IN WHICH BOTH HIS CHARACTER
AND GOVERNMENT WERE HELD
RENDERED HIM TRULY DESERVING THE APPELLATION
BY WHICH HE HAS BEEN DISTINGUISHED
THE FATHER OF AUSTRALIA.