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|Description = {{en|The inscription on the right side of the gravestone of Elliot Charles Bovill (1848? – {{date|1893|03|24}}), Chief Justice of the {{w|Straits Settlements}}, which was relocated from the Bukit Timah Cemetery to the north-east corner of [[w:Fort Canning|Fort Canning Green]], Singapore.

|Description = {{en|The inscription on the right side of the gravestone of Elliot Charles Bovill (1848? – {{date|1893|03|24}}), Chief Justice of the {{w|Straits Settlements}}, which was relocated from the Bukit Timah Cemetery to the north-east corner of [[w:Fort Canning|Fort Canning Green]], Singapore.
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The inscriptions on the gravestone read: "''(left side)'' TO THE MEMORY OF / ELLIOT CHARLES BOVILL KNIGHT BACHELOR / CHIEF JUSTICE OF THIS COLONY // ''(front)'' DIED OF CHOLERA / CONTRACTED / WHILE ON DUTY / MARCH 24 1893 / AGED 45 // ''(right side)'' THIS STONE WAS PLACED BY HIS / BROTHER JUDGES, THE BAR AND / THE OFFICERS OF THE SUPREME / COURT OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS // ''(rear)'' JUSTUM ET TENACEM PROPOSITI VIRUM": see {{cite book|author=Alan Harfield|title=Early Cemeteries in Singapore|location=London|publisher={{w|British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia}}|year=1988|page=301|isbn=978-0-907799-19-1}}

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The inscriptions on the gravestone read: "''(left side)'' TO THE MEMORY OF / ELLIOT CHARLES BOVILL KNIGHT BACHELOR / CHIEF JUSTICE OF THIS COLONY // ''(front)'' DIED OF CHOLERA / CONTRACTED / WHILE ON DUTY / MARCH 24 1893 / AGED 45 // ''(right side)'' THIS STONE WAS PLACED BY HIS / BROTHER JUDGES, THE BAR AND / THE OFFICERS OF THE SUPREME / COURT OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS // ''(rear)'' JUSTUM ET TENACEM PROPOSITI VIRUM [a man just and steadfast in purpose: {{w|Horace}}, ''[[w:Odes (Horace)|Odes]]'', III.3]": see {{cite book|author=Alan Harfield|title=Early Cemeteries in Singapore|location=London|publisher={{w|British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia}}|year=1988|page=301|isbn=978-0-907799-19-1}}

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|Source = {{Own}}.

|Source = {{Own}}.

|Date = 2013-04-01 18:18

|Date = 2013-04-01 18:18

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