Polar Exploration

Memorial: M944

Memorial in Kensal Green Cemetery, London, commemorating Admiral Sir John Ross d. 1856.

Location

Kensal Green Cemetery, Kensal Green, London, England

Transcript

'Sacred to the Memory of / ADMIRAL SIR JOHN ROSS KCB / THE ARCTIC NAVIGATOR / DIED 30TH AUGUST 1856 AGED 80 YEARS / PHILIP HEYLAND ROSS / DIED 24TH JUNE 1864 AGED 13 YEARS / MARY CAROLINE ROSS DIED 13TH AUGUST 1865 AGED 16 YEARS / ALICE JANE ROSS / DIED 28th NOVEMBER 1870 AGED 11 YEARS / EDITH GEORGIANA ROSS / DIED 6TH DECEMBER 1873 AGED 15 YEARS / ADA CATHERINE ROSS DIED 19TH JULY 1882 AGED 21 YEARS / GEORGIANA ELIZABETH ROSS / WIFE OF ANDREW ROSS B.C.S. / DIED AT BRIGHTON 24TH JANUARY 1890 / AGED 55 YEARS / ANDREW ROSS B.C.S. /DIED 1ST MARCH 1894 AGED 75 YEARS / CECIL CHARLES ROSS / DIED 4TH MAY 1913 AGED 42 YEARS'

Details

Description: Cross on a rock, with a anchor below.
Type: Memorial
Position: 13388/112/4
Materials: Carrara marble

People

Ross, John
Age: 80
Date of Death: 30/8/1856
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: BCS Bengal Civil Service DOSSIER. Grade II listed.

Admiral Ross is credited with three expeditions to the Arctic between 1818 and 1850. His third expedition in 1850 was an attempt to find the mission expedition of Sir John Franklin, however, he was unsuccessful.
Photographer: Lucy Saint, Eleanor Baugh ©RMG

JSON

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