Memorial to Daniel Holgate Sugden

Halifax Parish Church

TO THE MEMORY OF DAN HOLGATE SUGDEN, OF HALIFAX, WHO DIED ON THE 2ND OR JULY, 1846: AGED 53. THIS TABLET IS INSCRIBED BY HIS FRIENDS AS A TOKEN OF THEIR ESTIMATION OF HIS HIGH TALENTS AS A MUSICIAN, AND AS A TEACHER OF MUSIC & SINGING; BUT YET MORE SO AS A PROOF OF THEIR ATTACHMENT AND REGARD FOR HIS FRANK AND GENEROUS DISPOSITION, AND TRUE CHRISTIAN FEELINGS; WHICH SPARED NO EFFORT IN PATRONISING AND HELPING FORWARD HUMBLE TALENT TO THE MERITED DISTINCTION AND REWARD NOW ENJOYED BY MANY; WHO, BUT FOR HIS DISINTERESTED ASSISTANCE WOULD HAVE REMAINED IN OBSCURITY