Memorial: M3828

Wall tablet in St Peter’s Church, Sandwich, Kent commemorating Admiral John Ferrier d. 1836

Location

St Peter's Church, Sandwich, Kent, England

Transcript

'IN THE FAMILY VAULT BENEATH / ARE DEPOSITED THE MORTAL REMAINS OF / JOHN FERRIER ESQUIRE / ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE SQUADRON / OF HIS MAJESTY'S FLEET. / A NATIVE OF THIS TOWN, / HE PASSED A LONG AND ACTIVE LIFE / IN THE ARDUOUS DUTIES OF HIS PROFESSION / WITH UNBLEMISHED HONOR / SERVING IN ALL QUARTER OF THE GLOBE; / AS A BRITISH OFFICER. / HE WAS ASSIDUOUSLY ATTENTIVE / AND LABORED TO PROMOTE / WITH ZEAL, PUNCTUALITY AND DILIGENCE / THE BEST INTERESTS OF HIS COUNTRY, / HIS PROFESSIONAL CHARACTER AND QUALIFICATIONS / AS DRAWN BY THE ILLUSTRIOUS NELSON ARE PUBLICLY RECORDED. / IN THE RETIREMENT OF PRIVATE LIFE / IN WHICH HIS LATTER YEARS WERE PASSED / HE LIVED TO HIS FAMILY, TO HIS FRIENDS, / AND TO HIS GOD. / HE WAS BORN ON THE 14TH DAY OF JANUARY 1759 AND DIED ON THE 27TH DAY OF JANUARY 1836 / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE / OF HIS KINDNESS AND AFFECTION BY HIS WIDOW'

Details

Description: Naval trophies above inscription, a wreath of olive and oak branches below.
Type: Wall tablet
Materials: White marble

People

Ferrier, John
Age: 77
Date of Death: 27/1/1836
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Blue
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: B. Tomlinson
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters