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The label at foot of this window reads—
"The gift of Henry William | Eaton esqre | Member | of Parliament to the | City of Coventry MDCCCLXIX."
To the initiated this window will be of special interest, the donor being a Past Warden of the Grand Lodge of Freemasons of England.
H. W. Eaton, Esqre., was first elected, in the Conservative interest, as Member of Parliament for this City, in June, 1865, upon the death of Sir Joseph Paxton; in July, same year, upon a dissolution, he was returned with Mr. Morgan Treherne; upon the dissolution in 1868, he was again elected with Mr. A. Staveley Hill, Q.C.; in 1874 (Feb. 5) with Mr. H. M. Jackson. In 1880, Sir H. Jackson and Mr. Wills, both liberals, were returned, but on the retirement of Sir H. Jackson, and his immediate death, Mr. Eaton was again elected. Long may he continue his honourable post. In July, 1871, Mr. Eaton purchased Cheylesmore park, he gave a plot of land for the Vicarage of S. Michael's parish, and also the land for the new road to the railway station.
The windows numbered XXX., XXXI., XXXII., XXXIII., XXXIV., are the work of Messrs. Heaton and Butler, of London.
XXXV.
The Eastern window of this Lady (or Drapers') Chapel, is composed of seven panels, four of which contain two figures each, viz. : Zachariah, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Micah, Hosea, and Obadiah. The three centre compartments represent the Ascension of our Lord, two attendant angels, with the eleven Apostles and Holy Mother, surmounted by a scroll—
"I ascend to My Father and your Father, My God and your God."
In the tracery are eight panels with Angels bearing shields and sacred emblems, ten other panels, scrolls, and monograms, the uppermost panel our Saviour seated in glory. A brass plate, 7 feet by 7 inches, immediately under the window records-
"To the honour and Glory of Almighty God, and in memory of Col the Hon. Francis Grosvenor Hood, who commanded the Grenadier Guards at the battle of Alma Sept 20 1854 and fell in the trenches before Sevastapol Oct 15 1854 aged 45."
"This window was erected by the inhabitants of this City and neighbourhood."
