Wall monument in St Cuthbert’s burial ground, Edinburgh, commemorating Captain Alexander Robert Kerr RN d. 1831 and Admiral Robert Kerr d. 1886
Location
St Cuthberts Burial Ground, Kingstables Road, Edinburgh, Scotland
Transcript
'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / CAPTAIN ALEX ROBERT KERR R.N. / COMPANION OF THE MOST HONORABLE / MILITARY ORDER OF / THE BATH / WHO DIED AT STONEHOUSE DEVON / ON THE 4TH AUGUST 1831 / AGED 61 YEARS / CHARLOTTE MAULE / HIS WIFE / DIED 20TH NOVEMBER 1852 AGED 70 YEARS / JESSIE / THEIR ELDEST DAUGHTER / DIED 17TH FEBRUARY 1808 AGED 13 MONTHS / MATILDA ANN / 3D DAUGHTER / DIED 4TH SEPTEMBER 1835 AGED 17 YEARS / JOHN HUNTER / YOUNGEST SON DIED AT MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA / 6TH FEBRUARY 1874 AGED 53 YEARS / CHARLES MAULE / SECOND SON DIED 27TH JULY 1886 / AGED 74 YEARS / ADMIRAL ROBERT KERR / ELDEST SON / DIED AT CHELTENHAM 2[?]TH OCTOBER 1886 / AGED 8[?] YEARS / ANNA MARIA BERESFORD / THEIR YOUNGEST DAUGHTER / DIED 12TH NOVEMBER 1900 AGED 76 YEARS'
Details
Position: 50 yards east of gate at Kingstables Rd, Monument faces south overlooking B.R.Railway Tunnel below and to West of Edinburgh Castle. 10yds from edge of tunnel.
Materials: Yellow sandstone. White marble inset at bottom of centre?
Artists: A. Ritchie
People
Age: 61
Date of Death: 4/8/1831
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Kerr, Robert
Age:
Date of Death: 10/1886
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Bibliography: John Marshall 'Royal Naval Biography' vol. ix, p. 34 (London, 1823-30).
Recorder: John Steele 1988