'LIVERPOOL PEOPLE WILL BE UNABLE TO VISIT ROME; I WILL BRING ROME TO THEM' + AD + MAJOREM + DEI + GLORIAM THE WHITE STAR CHURCH POST TENENBRAS LUX THIS PLAQUE RECORDS AND HONOURS THE LIFE OF Amy ELIAZABETH IMRIE nee POLLARD ADOPTED DAUGHTER AND SOLE HEIRESS OF WILLIAM IMRIE, CO-OWNER OF THE WHITE STAR SHIPPING LINE. AFTER HIS DEATH IN 1906, AMY BECAME ONE OF THE WEALTHIEST WOMAN IN BRITAIN. IN 1907, SHE BECAME SISTER MARY CLARE IN THE ORDER OF POOR CLARES. SHE USED HER INHERITANCE TO PAY FOR THE BUILDING OF THIS MAGNIFICENT ST MARY OF THE ANGELS CHURCH IN 1910 AND LATER THE FRIARY SCHOOL. THE POOR CLARES BEING AN ENCLOSED ORDER, SISTER MARY CLARE NEVER SAW HER VISION REALISED PLAQUE UNVEILED BY DR RICHARD POLLARD (AMY'S GREAT NEPHEW) 13 JUNE 2003 BORN GUIANA 1870. DIED LOOE, CORNWALL 1944
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