Memorial at St Andrew’s Church, Jamaica commemorating Captain Thomas George Shortland RN d. 1827
Location
St Andrew's Parish Church, Kingston, Jamaica, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Thomas George Shortland, Esq., Post-Captain in the Navy & H.M.'s Commissioner at Port Royal, OB 23rd Novr. 1827 aet 57. Also his daughter Elizabeth SHORTLAND, OB 25th Novr., aet 25'
Details
Description: With arms.
Type: Ledger
Position: Nave, south aisle
Type: Ledger
Position: Nave, south aisle
Event
First Fleet 1788
Event Category
British Colonization of Australia
People
Shortland, Thomas George
Age: 57
Date of Death: 23/11/1827
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Age: 57
Date of Death: 23/11/1827
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Officer in First Fleet to Australia 1788.
Bibliography: Captain J.H. Lawrence-Archer 'Monumental Inscriptions of the British West Indies' (London 1875).
Bibliography: Captain J.H. Lawrence-Archer 'Monumental Inscriptions of the British West Indies' (London 1875).