Memorial: M5188

Memorial at St Oswald’s Church, Grasmere, Cumberland commemorating Sir John Richardson d. 1865, polar explorer

Location

St Oswald's Church, Grasmere, Cumberland, England

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF SIR JOHN RICHARDSON CB / THE CONSTANT COMPANION / OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN / IN ARCTIC EXPLORATION / BORN AT DUMFRIES 5 NOVEMBER 1787 / DIED AT LANCRIGG 5 JUNE 1865 / HEROIC SAILOR-SOUL / AND AS THE GREATEST ONLY ARE / IN HIS SIMPLICITY SUBLIME'

Details

People

Richardson, John
Age:
Date of Death: 5/6/1865
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Inspector of Hospitals and Fleets
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Lancrigg was a local farmhouse that had been inherited by Richardson's wife. Richardson retired there during the last ten years of his life. The quotations are from the works of Alfred Lord Tennyson.
Photographer: B. Tomlinson 2019

JSON

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