Wall tablet at St Cyriac’s Church, Lacock commemorating Admiral John Montagu d. 1795
Location
St Cyriac's Church, Lacock, Wiltshire, England
Transcript
'NEAR THIS PLACE /ARE DEPOSITED THE REMAINS / OF JOHN MONTAGU ESQRE, / ADMIRAL OF THE WHITE, IN THE ROYAL NAVY OF GREAT BRITAIN, / AGED LXXXVI, / AND BORN AT LACKHAM IN THE COUNTY OF WILTS / IN THE YEAR MDCCXIX. / HE WAS/FOR SIXTY-THREE YEARS WITH LITTLE INTERMISSION / EMPLOYED IN THE SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY; / AND FILLED SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT STATIONS / IN HIS PROFESSION / WITH HONOUR, REPUTATION, AND UNSHAKEN INTEGRITY. / HIS DOMESTIC VIRTUES / WERE EQUALLY EMINENT AND CONSPICUOUS, / AND WERE A DIGNIFIED EXAMPLE / OF FILIAL REVERENCE, CONJUGAL ATTACHMENT / AND PARENTAL AFFECTION'
Details
Description: Oval.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: South chapel east wall
Materials: White and black marble
Type: Wall tablet
Position: South chapel east wall
Materials: White and black marble
People
Montagu, John
Age: 76
Date of Death: 1795
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy
Age: 76
Date of Death: 1795
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: DOSSIER.
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)