plaque with id: 4924

The Church of St Mary The Virgin, St Marychurch Street, Rotherhithe, London SE16 4NJPrince Lee Boo(Royalty)(Photos Taken: 07-Mar-2020)Link
Plaque Wording: To the memory of Prince Lee Boo, a native of the Pelew or Palos Islands and son to Abbe Thulle, rurack or king of the island Coorooraa who departed this life on the 27 December 1784 aged 20 years. This stone is inscribed by the Honourable United East India Company as a testimony of esteem for the humane and kind treatment afforded by his father to the crew of their ship The Antelope, Capt Wilson, which was wrecked off that island on the night of the 9th August 1783.
Stop reader. Stop. Let nature claim a tear, a prince of mine, Lee Boo, lies buried here.

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