Wall monument in Shrivenham, Oxfordshire commemorating Admiral Samuel Barrington d. 1800
Location
St Andrew's Church, Shrivenham, Oxfordshire, England
Transcript
'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF THE HONOURABLE / SAMUEL BARRINGTON / ADMIRAL OF THE WHITE & GENERAL OF THE MARINES / BORN FEBY 15th 1730 DIED AUGT 16th 1800 / HERE RESTS THE HERO WHO IS GLORY'S PAGE / WROTE HIS FAIR DEEDS FOR MORE THAN HALF AN AGE / HERE RESTS THE PATRIOT WHO FOR ENGLAND'S GOOD / EACH TOIL ENCOUNTER'D AND EACH CLIME WITHSTOOD / HERE RESTS THE CHRISTIAN; HIS, THE LOFTIER CLAIM / TO SEIZE THE CONQUEST, YET RENOUNCE THE FAME / HE WHEN HIS ARM ST. LUCIA'S TROPHIES BOAST / ASCRIBES THE GLORY TO THE LORD OF HOSTS / AND WHEN THE HARDER TASK REMAIN'D BEHIND / THE PASSIVE COURAGE AND THE WILL RESIGN'S / PATIENT, THE VETERAN VICTOR YIELDS HIS BREATH / SECURE IN HIM, WHO CONQUERED SIN AND DEATH'
Details
Type: Wall monument
Position: North aisle wall
Materials: White marble
People
Age:
Date of Death: 16/8/1800
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the White
Organisation: Royal Navy