Memorial: M5115

Memorial in the Old English Cemetery, Livorno commemorating Johnston Huddart d. 1795 HEIC

Location

Old English Cemetery, Via Giuseppe Verdi, Livorno, Italy, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Here lie interred the remains / of Johnston Huddart Esq. / who departed this life in / Leghorn January the 30th, 1795 / aged 24 years / a severe illness contracted / in the discharge of duty in / the Naval Service of the Hon. / the English East India Company, / which for two years baffled every / effort of medicine and change of climate / finally terminated the existence of one of / the worthiest and most promising / members of society / This monument was erected to his / memory as the last token of regard / which his only surviving brother / had it in his power to pay him'

Details

Vessel: Albion

People

Huddart, Johnston
Age: 24
Date of Death: 30/1/1795
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Honourable East India Company

Extra

Notes: HEIS 'Albion' 1790-91 season.
Bibliography: G.G. Milner-Gibson Cullum; Francis Campbell MaCauley 'The inscriptions in the old British cemetery of Leghorn' (Leghorn, 1906) p.55.
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