Memorial: M3043

Wall tablet in St Margaret’s Church, Lowestoft, Suffolk commemorating Vice-Admiral James Mighells, RN d.1733,

Vice-Admiral James Mighells, d.1733

Location

St Margaret's Church, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'To the memory of / JAMES MIGHELLS ESQ / Late Vice Admiral and Comptroller / of the Royal Navy / whose publick and private character / justly deserves remembrance / of courage and conduct in a commander / Fidelity and diligence in a commissioner / Sincerity in a Friend / usefulness in a relation / love and affection in a husband / care and indulgence in a parent / And the strictness in Justice & honesty to all men / Deserves to be remembered / He dyed March 21st 1733 / Aged 69 years'

Details

Description: Inscription tablet flanked by trophies, cherubs heads below, cartouche of arms above.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: Aisle
Materials: Purbeck marble
Artists: T. Shippe

People

Mighells, James
Age: 69
Date of Death: 21/3/1733
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral. Comptroler of the Royal Navy
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER. Memorial to wife and children in West Ham Parish Church. Signed: T: Shippe Yarm: Fecit.
Bibliography: Hugh D.W. Lees 'Chronicles of a Suffolk Parish Church: Lowestoft St Margaret' (Lowestoft, 1949).
Recorder: B. Tomlinson
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters