Memorial: M2363

Memorial in the Old Royal Naval College Chapel, Greenwich commemorating Admiral of the Fleet, Richard James Meade, RN d. 1907

Location

Chapel, Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London, England

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET / RICHARD JAMES MEADE, 4TH EARL OF CLANWILLIAM / G.C.B. K.C. M.G., / A DISTINGUISHED NAVAL OFFICER AND A / GREAT BENEFACTOR OF THE ROYAL NAVAL SCHOOL. / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY MEMBERS OF THE / CORPORATION, COUNCIL, STAFF, BOYS PAST AND / PRESENT AND OTHERS INTERESTED, IN GRATEFUL / REMEMBRANCE OF HIS MANY SERVICES TO THE SCHOOL / ON THE COUNCIL OF WHICH HE SERVED FOR TWENTY TWO YEARS, / AND IS PLACED IN THE CHAPEL HE WAS / SO LARGELY INSTRUMENTAL IN PROVIDING. / BORN 1832, DIED 1907'

Details

Description: Round relief portrait above inscription. The whole in architectural surround. Flags above, gun to right.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: Vestibule
Materials: Marble

Event Category

19th century conflicts in Asia

People

Meade, Richard James
Age: 75
Date of Death: 4/8/1907
Cause of Death: Pneumonia
Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Fleet
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Also Memorial M2066 at Dromore Cathedral, Dromore, County Down, Northern Ireland
Recorder: B. Tomlinson 1984

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