John (Mad Jack) Fuller Memorial
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Location
| Street: | The Street |
| Town: | Brightling |
| Parish: | Brightling |
| Council: | Rother District Council |
| County: | East Sussex |
| Postcode: | TN32 |
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| Object setting: | Inside building |
| and in: | Religious |
| Access is: | Public |
| Location note: | St. Thomas A Becket Church. |
| In the AZ book: | East Sussex |
| Page: | 79 |
| Grid reference: | L1 |
| The A-Z books used are A-Z East Sussex and A-Z West Sussex (Editions 1A 2005). Geographers' A-Z Map Company Ltd. Sevenoaks. | |
| OS Reference: | TQ684210 |
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Makers
| Name : | Henry Rouw |
| Role: | Letter carver |
| Name : | Sir Francis Legatt Chantrey |
| Role: | Sculptor |
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General Information
| Commissioned by: | Sir P.P. Fuller Palmer Ackland Bart. (nephew of Fuller) |
| Construction period: | 1819 |
| Work is: | Extant |
| Description: | Inscribed rectangular marble memorial set into the south interior wall of the nave between two windows, surmounted by a romanesque bust of Fuller in toga. |
| Signatures: | Underneath the lower edge of the bust:
F CHANTREY R.A. |
| Inscription: | JOHN FULLER ESQRE OF ROSE HILL BORN FEBRUARY THE XX MDCCLVII DIED APRIL THE XI MDCCCXXXIV. HE WAS ONE OF THE REPRESENTATIVES FOR THIS COUNTY IN FOUR SUCCESSIVE PARLIAMENTS ''UTILE NIHIL QUOD NON HONESTUM'' ERECTED AS A TRIBUTE OF ESTEEM AND AFFECTION BY HIS NEPHEW SIR P. P. FULLER PALMER ACLAND. BARONET |
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Classification
| Categories: | Sculptural, Commemorative |
| Object type1: | Statue |
| Object type2: | Sculpture |
| Subject type1: | Figurative |
| Subject subtype1: | Head |
| Subject type2: | Portrait |
| Subject subtype1: | Head |
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Object Parts
| Part 1: | Bust |
| Material: | None |
| Height (cm): | 60 |
| Width (cm): | 55 |
| Depth (cm): | 30 |
| Part 2: | Base of memorial |
| Material: | None |
| Height (cm): | 110 |
| Width (cm): | 115 |
| Depth (cm): | 20 |
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Object Condition
| Overall condition: | Good |
| Risk assessment: | No known risk |
| Date of on-site inspection: | 07/07/2007 |
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History
| History: | 'Sir Francis Chantrey made two busts of John Fuller, one by order of the Royal Institute, unveiled in 1835 and the other in 1819, which can be seen in Brightling Church.
…The wording on the bust [in the Royal Institution] reads: ''John Fuller who gave ten thousand pounds for the promotion of science in the Royal Institution''. (‘Fuller: The Life and Times of John Fuller of Brightling 1757-1834’) ‘He represented the County of Sussex in four successive Parliaments, refusing a peerage rather than forsake his party, for which deed he was nicknamed ‘Honest Jack’ which delighted him so much that he declared his intention of instructing his executors to place his bust in Brightling Church with the inscription: “UTILE NIHIL QUOD NON HONESTUM”… Nothing is useful which is not honest, which is derived from Pope’s words, “An honest man’s the noblest work of God.”. This tablet is on the south wall of the Nave and is the work of the famous sculptor, Henry Rouw. The Fuller family motto was “Carbone et Forcipibus”…By Charcoal and Tongs. Fuller died in 1834, a bachelor.’ (Brightling Church Guide) The family motto originated from them being the owners of the Waldron Furnace, iron being an important industry in Sussex at that time. He was elected to Parliament in 1801, 1802 and 1806. Amongst several of his close friends was J.M.W. Turner who executed several paintings of Sussex whilst staying at Fuller's Sussex home, Rose Hill. He was responsible for preserving Bodiam Castle. (Worthies of Sussex) Fuller was also responsible for the building of Bell Toute lighthouse in Eastbourne in 1832. |
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References
| Source 1 : | |
| Title: | ‘Fuller: The Life and Times of John Fuller of Brightling 1757-1834’ |
| Type: | Book |
| Author: | Hutchinson, Geoff. |
| Edition: | 2nd. Revision |
| Publisher: | Geoff Hutchinson. |
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| Title: | 'Brightling Church Guide' |
| Type: | Book |
| Author: | Boyd, Diana. |
| Page: | 21 |
| Publisher: | Tea Brokers Publications ltd. London. |
| Source 3 : | |
| Title: | 'Worthies of Sussex' |
| Type: | Book |
| Author: | Lower, Mark Anthony. |
| Page: | 96-98 |
| Publisher: | Printed for subscribers only by G.P. Bacon, Lewes. |
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Photographs
Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |  Fuller Memorial/BG02I09.JPG) Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |
 Fuller Memorial/BG02I10.JPG) Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |  Fuller Memorial/BG02I06.JPG) Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |
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