Memorial at All Saints’ Church, Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, commemorating Rev. Edmund Nelson d. 1802, father of Horatio Nelson
Location
All Saints Church, Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, England
Transcript
TO THE MEMORY OF / THE REVD. EDMUND NELSON A. M. / RECTOR OF THIS PARISH 46 YEARS. / FATHER OF / HORATIO FIRST VISCOUNT NELSON / OF THE NILE / DUKE OF BRONTE & C. / WHO DIED APRIL THE 26th 1802. / AGED 79 YEARS. / THIS MONUMENT THE LAST MARK OF /FILIAL DUTY AND AFFECTION, WAS / ERECTED BY HIS SURVIVING CHILDREN
Details
Position: North side of chancel
Materials: Marble
Date Erected: 1803
Artists: John Flaxman
Materials: Marble
Date Erected: 1803
Artists: John Flaxman
People
Nelson, Edmund
Age: 79
Date of Death: 26/04/1802
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Rector
Organisation: Church of England
Age: 79
Date of Death: 26/04/1802
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Rector
Organisation: Church of England
Extra
Notes: Father of Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson. Rev Edmund Nelson was the rector of All Saints' for 46 years. The family lived in the nearby Old Rectory, which no longer stands.
Bibliography: Rupert Gunnis 'Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851' (London, 1964)
Bibliography: Rupert Gunnis 'Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851' (London, 1964)