Memorial: M555

Tomb in Greyfriars Churchyard, Edinburgh commemorating Admiral Alexander Graeme d. 1818

Location

Greyfriars Churchyard, Edinburgh, Scotland

Transcript

'HERE LIES INTERRED / ALEXANDER GRAEME / OF GRAEMESHALL / ONE OF THE ADMIRALS OF THE WHITE / SQUADRON IN HIS MAJESTYS FLEET / BORN AT GRAEMESHALL 9TH DECR 1741 / DIED AT EDINBURGH 5TH AUGUST 1818'

Details

Type: Chest-tomb
Position: 50 yards north west of church
Materials: Sandstone

People

Graeme, Alexander
Age: 77
Date of Death: 5/8/1818
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the White
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: John Steele 1988

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