Memorial: M2372

Memorial in the Old Royal Naval College Chapel, Greenwich commemorating Admiral Sir Richard Goodwin Keats d. 1834

Location

Old Royal Naval College Chapel, Greenwich, London, England

Transcript

'THIS MARBLE IS ERECTED BY / KING WILLIAM THE FOURTH / TO THE MEMORY OF ADMIRAL SIR RICHARD GOODWIN KEATS, GCB, / GOVERNOR OF THIS HOSPITAL / WHO WAS HIS MAJESTYS SHIPMATE AND WATCHMATE / ON BOARD THE PRINCE GEORGE OF 110 GUNS / IN WHICH THE ADMIRAL SERVED AS THE LIEUTENANT / AND THE KING AS MIDSHIPMAN / FROM JUNE 1779 TO NOVEMBER 1781. / IN COMMEMORATING / THIS EARLY PERIOD OF THEIR RESPECTIVE CAREERS / THE KING DESIRES TO RECORD HIS ESTEEM / FOR THE EXEMPLARY CHARACTER OF A FRIEND / AND HIS GRATEFUL SENSE OF THE VALUABLE SERVICES RENDERED TO HIS COUNTRY / BY A HIGHLY DISTINGUISHED AND GALLANT OFFICER / DIED APRIL 5 1834 AGED 77 YEARS'

Details

Description: A bust draped with a cloak. Keat's orders and medals are tucked into the folds. Arms and the motto 'MI PATRIA ES MI NORTE' are carved below the bust which is flanked by anthemion acroteria. The whole stands on a rectangular plinth.
Type: Wall monument
Position: End of nave
Artists: Francis Legatt Chantrey

People

Keats, Richard Goodwin
Age:
Date of Death: 5/4/1834
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Buried in the mausoleum behind the nurses home. Bust placed in chapel of hospital (Chantrey). Also commemorated by a large free-standing monument in front of the former nurses home.
Bibliography: 'Dictionary of National Biography'.
Recorder: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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