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Memorial: M1767

Wall tablet in All Saints Church, Catherington, Hampshire, dedicated to Admiral Sir Charles Napier d. 1860

Location

All Saints Church, Catherington, Hampshire, England

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of / ADMIRAL SIR CHARLES NAPIER, M.P. K.C.B. / BORN 6th MARCH 1786 DIED 6th NOVEMBER 1860. / THEN SHALL THE DUST RETURN TO THE EARTH AS IT WAS: / AND THE SPIRIT SHALL RETURN UNTO GOD WHO GAVE IT. ECCLES.XII.7. / ALSO OF HIS BELOVED SONS / CHARLES STEWART / BORN 30th JULY 1816 DIED 10th NOVEMBER 1821. / JOHN MAXWELL AN INFANT DIED AUGUST 1820. / AND ALSO TO THE GRANDSONS OF THE ABOVE / HENRY CHARLES NAPIER JODRELL / BORN 30th OCTOBER 1852 DIED 15th DECEMBER 1858. / NAPIER EDWARD GORDON JODRELL / BORN 28TH JANUARY 1858 DIED 5th JAN 1859. / SUFFER THE LITTLE CHILDREN TO COME UNTO ME AND FORBID THEM NOT: FOR OF SUCH IS THE KINGDOM OF GOD. / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED / BY THE DAUGHTER, SISTER AND MOTHER / WHOSE GROUNDS OF COMFORT AND CONSOLATION / ARE THE PROMISES OF THE WORD'

Details

Description: Cross, anchor and rope carved above inscription tablet.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: Hyde Chapel, north wall
Materials: Marble

People

Napier, Charles
Age: 74
Date of Death: 6/11/1860
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER. Memorials to Napier's daughter in same church. Gravestone in NE corner of churchyard to Charles Napier and his wife Elizabeth Francis.
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)
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