To the memory of
ALEXANDER IRVINE Gent.
the founder of Free Mafonry in Barbados
who lived beloved and died
lamented by all who knew him
The brethren of Saint Michaels Lodge
of which he was the First Mafter
have placed upon his remains this stone
to be a monumnet of his merit
and their gratitude
He departed this life the (13th)
day of November 1743
in the 49th year of his age