Death
Pablo Fanque died of bronchitis at the Britannia Inn at 22 Churchgate in Stockport, England on 4 May 1871. In the funeral procession to Woodhouse Lane Cemetery, Leeds, a band marched ahead of Fanque's hearse playing the "Dead March". Fanque's favourite horse followed, along with four coaches and mourners. Fanque is buried next to his first wife Susannah Darby. Woodhouse Lane Cemetery is now St. George's Field and part of the University of Leeds campus. While the remains of many of the 100,000 graves and monuments have been relocated, the monument that Fanque erected in his wife's memory, and a smaller modest monument in his memory still stand. Susannah Darby's monument reads:
- SACRED
- TO THE MEMORY OF
- SUSANNAH DARBY
- AGED 47 YEARS
- THE BELOVED WIFE OF
- WILLIAM DARBY, EQUESTRIAN MANAGER
- PROFESSIONALLY KNOWN AS
- PABLO FANQUE
- HER DEATH WAS OCCASIONED BY THE FALLING
- OF A PART OF THE CIRCUS ERECTED IN
- KING CHARLES' CROFT
- LEEDS
- ON SATURDAY THE 18TH DAY OF MAY 1848
- HER BEREAVED AND AFFLICTED HUSBAND
- HAS CAUSED THIS MONUMENT TO BE ERECTED
Fanque's monument reads:
- ALSO THE ABOVE NAMED
- WILLIAM DARBY PABLO FANQUE
- WHO DIED MAY 4TH 1871 AGED 75 YEARS.
On 8 October 2010, as part of Light Night ceremony, The Leeds University Union unveiled a blue plaque commemorating Pablo Fanque's final resting place.
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