Memorial: M2975

Memorial in the Church of St Margaret with St Andrew, Littleham, Devon commemorating Lady Frances Nelson d. 1831

Location

Church of St Margaret with St Andrew, Littleham, Devon, England

Transcript

'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / FRANCES HERBERT / VISCOUNTESS NELSON - DUCHESS OF BRONTI / WIDOW OF THE LATE ADMIRAL-LORD VISCOUNT NELSON / AND TO HER SON JOSIAH NISBET ESQ. / CAPTAIN IN THE ROYAL NAVY, / WHOM SHE SURVIVED ELEVEN MONTHS / AND DIED IN LONDON MAY 6TH 1831 / AGED 73 YEARS / THIS HUMBLE OFFERING OF AFFECTION / IS ERECTED BY FRANCES HERBERT NISBET / IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF MORE VIRTUES / WHICH ADORNED A KIND MOTHER-IN-LAW / AND A GOOD HUSBAND.'

Details

Type: Tomb
Position: Churchyard

People

Nelson, Frances Herbert
Age: 73
Date of Death: 6/5/1831
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Wife of Lord Nelson
Organisation: Unknown
Nisbet, Josiah
Age: 50
Date of Death: 14/7/1830
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Grave restored by Exmouth White Ensign Society.
Bibliography: Nikolaus Pevsner 'Buildings of England: South Devon' (Harmondsworth, 1952); E.M. Keate 'Nelson's Wife; the first biography of Frances Herbert Viscountess Nelson' (London, 1939).
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