Memorial in Iver, Buckinghamshire, commemorating Midshipman Dawson Clowes, d. 1796
Location
St Peter's Church, Iver, Buckinghamshire, England
Transcript
'TO THE MEMORY OF / CHARLES CLOWES ESQR. / OF DELAFORD IN THIS PARISH (ELDEST SON OF WILLIAM CLOWES ESQR. / OF LANGLY HALL, CHESHIRE BY FRANCIS HIS WIFE, DAUGHTER AND / COHEIRESS OF JOHN DANIEL ESQR. OF DARESBURY IN THE SAME COUNTY) / WHO DIED 25th OCTOBER 1818, IN THE 72nd YEAR OF HIS AGE / AND WAS BURIED IN THE VAULT IN THE NORTH AISLE OF THIS CHURCH. / ALSO TO THE MEMORY OF / ANN WIFE OF THE SAID CHARLES CLOWES / (DAUGHTER AND COHEIRESS OF EDMUND DAWSON ESQR. / OF WARTON, LANCASHIRE) WHO DIED 26th SEPTEMBER 1830 IN HER 80TH YEAR. / AND WAS BURIED IN THE SAME VAULT. / LIKEWISE TO THE MEMORY OF / THEIR ELDEST SON DAWSON, A MIDSHIPMAN OF H.M.'S SHIP MAIDSTONE / WHO DIED IN JAMAICA 2nd DECEMBER 1796, AGED 15 YEARS / AND WAS BURIED AT KINGSTON ON THAT ISLAND / ALSO OF GEORGE THEIR YOUNGEST SON / WHO DIED AN INFANT 7th SEPTEMBER 1791 / AND TO THE MEMORY OF / CHARLES THEIR SECOND SON / WHO DIED 4th JUNE 1869, AGED 84 / AND TO THE MEMORY OF / MARY ANN, ELDEST DAUGHTER OF THE LAST NAMED CHARLES CLOWES / BY MARY ANN, HIS WIFE WHO DIED 11th JUNE 1854 AGED 21 YEARS / WHO WERE ALL THREE BURIED IN THE VAULT IN THE NORTH AISLE'
Details
Type: Wall tablet
Position: Interior
Materials: Marble
Vessel: HMS Maidstone
People
Age: 15
Date of Death: 2/12/1796
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Recorder: Colin Harris