Memorial: M4848

Memorial at Winchester Cathedral to Admiral Chaloner Ogle RN d. 1814

Location

Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England

Transcript

'TO THE MEMORY OF / CHALONER OGLE ESQUIRE; / WHO AFTER A SERIES OF HONOURABLE SERVICES IN THE ROYAL NAVY, / RETIRED TO THE PEACEFUL ENJOYMENT OF DOMESTIC HAPPINESS, / CLOSING AN AMIABLE AND UNBLEMISHED LIFE, JUNE 12TH, 1814 / IN THE NINETIETH YEAR OF HIS AGE / ALSO / OF CATHERINE, HIS FAITHFUL WIFE, / WHO, AFTER A UNION OF FIFTY YEARS, MOST DEEPLY / LAMENTED THE LOSS OF HER CONSTANT COMPANION, AND FOLLOWED HIM TO AN UNCHANGABLE ABODE, JANUARY 16, 1820 / IN THE EIGHTY-THIRD YEAR OF HER AGE; / AS A TESTIMONY OF FILIAL DUTY, AFECTION AND GRATITUDE / THIS MONUMENT HATH BEEN ERECTED.'

Details

Description: Sarcophagus in relief on paw feet, the base supported on brackets carved with acanthus leaves. The top of the sarcophagus with an anthemion motif between two arabesques.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: Beneath north tower arch
Materials: White marble
Date Erected: circa 1820
Artists: J Gillingham

People

Ogle, Chaloner
Age: 89
Date of Death: 12/6/1814
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Also his wife Catherine d.16 Jan 1820.
Bibliography: P. Clissold 'Ships and Monuments in the Solent Area', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 58, p. 212 (Greenwich, 1972).
Recorder: B. Tomlinson
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

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