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BAPTISMAL FONT

STONE STATUES

A stone structure from the house of parliament board to Bermuda from London after the second World War

PULPIT

THE SERVANTS

CHURCH SILVER

MEMORIAL WALL

18th CENTURY BOX

OLDEST FURNITURE

TEN COMMANDMENTS

CEDAR CUPBOARD

GOVERNOR SHARPLES

Sir Richard Christopher Sharples, KCMG, OBE, MC March 10th 1973 was the Governor of Bermuda who was shot dead by assassins linked to a small militant Bermudian Black Power group and Governor of Bermuda in 1972. His murder resulted in the last executions conducted under British rule, in 1977.Sharples was killed outside Bermuda's Government House on 10 March 1973. An informal dinner party for a small group of guests had just concluded, when he decided to go for a walk with his Great Dane, Horsa, and his aide-de-camp, Captain Hugh Sayers of the Welsh Guards. The two men and dog were ambushed and gunned down outside the Governor's residence.

JAMES DARRELL

James (Jimmy) Darrell the first free black enslaved man was buried in the western graveyard for free blacks and enslaved persons in St. Peter's Church. The inscription on his headstone, which ascribes to him such qualities as “usefulness” and “integrity”, indicates he was held in high esteem.

CEMETERY SIGN

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