IMG 1478-001-William Harrison Tomb

Son of John Harrison (inscription on the other side of the tomb). It reads:
“And to his Son, WILLIAM HARRISON, FRS, born 1728 at Barrow-on-Humber, died 1815. He was the custodian of his father’s prize-winning watch H4 during the vital official trials at sea to Jamaica in 1761, and to Barbados in 1764. He also actively helped his father in the long and difficult negotiations with the Board of Longitude and Parliament when claiming the £20,000 prize. For many years he was a Prominent Governor of the Foundling Hospital, teaching music to the children, and was appointed High Sheriff of Monmouthshire in 1791.”

Interestingly, the Harrisons had no connection to Hampstead so it's not clear why they were buried here. It's assumed that the churchyards nearer to Red Lion Square where the family lived were full.