Wall tablet in Wolverhampton, West Midlands commemorating Surgeon Richard Huskisson RN d. 1794
Location
Bushbury church, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England
Transcript
'IN MEMORY / OF WILLIAM HUSKISSON Esq: of OXLEY, in the Parish / of BUSHBURY who died the 12 of February 1790 , Aged 47 Years / And of ELIZABETH his WIFE who DIED the 19th / of September 1774 Aged 31 YEARs / ALSO of RICHARD HUSKISSON their second Son who / served as a NAVAL and MILITARY SURGEON: first in the / THETIS frigate 1793 , afterwards in the reduction of Martinique, / and St Lucia: and finally of Guadeloupe, where he / expired in the 24th Year of his Age 1794 / BRAVE, SENSIBLE, HUMANE, THY MIND AND HEART, / COMPLETELY FASHION'D FOR THE HEALING ART, / LED THE YOUNG HUSKISSON WITH GUARDIAN CARE, / TO RESCUE VALOUR FROM PERDITION'S SNARE: / TEACHING THE MARINER IN NOXIOUS SEAS, / TO FOIL THE HOVERING HARPY OF DISEASE; / THE BOLDER PITY LABOURED TO SUSTAIN, / THE SOLDIER DROOPING WITH CONTAGIOUS PAIN; / WHERE DEATH, THAT NATURE TO HER RAGE MIGHT BEND, / ROBB'D HER OF THEE, HER SALUTARY FRIEND, / HUMANITY AND HONOUR JOIN'D IN GRIEF, / WHERE THEY DEJECTED LOST THY DEAR RELIEF, / PAYING TO VIRTUE THEIR ACKNOWLEDGED DEBT, / GAVE THEE A FOREIGN GRAVE WITH FOND REGRET, / A BROTHER WHO IN THEE COULD ONCE REJOICE, / (HIS BOSOM FRIEND BY NATURE AND BY CHOICE) / FEELS AND RECORDS ON THIS THY VACANT TOMB, / PRIDE IN THY WORTH AND ANGUISH IN THY DOOM'
Details
Position: Interior
Materials: Marble
People
Age: 23
Date of Death: 1794
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Surgeon RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Bibliography: C.R. Fay. 'Huskisson and His Age' (London, 1951).
Recorder: Alex Chatwin 1980