Charles Larkin died aged 58 on 12 September 1833 at his home on Boley Hill, Rochester. He had been a liberal and one of the most prominent political characters in this country. He was interred in the family vault at Gillingham. Benjamin Horne of Mereworth repaired the monument in 1869.
The inscription on the monument reads:
‘The Friends of Freedom in Kent erected this Monument to
the memory of
CHARLES LARKIN,
In grateful testimony to his fearless and long
Advocation of
Civil and Religious Liberty
And his zealous exertions in promoting the
Ever Memorable Measure of
Parliamentary Reform
AD 1832’
the memory of
CHARLES LARKIN,
In grateful testimony to his fearless and long
Advocation of
Civil and Religious Liberty
And his zealous exertions in promoting the
Ever Memorable Measure of
Parliamentary Reform
AD 1832’