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Memorial: M1355

Memorial in Birtsmorton, Worcestershire commemorating  Rear-Admiral William Caldwell d. 1718

Location

Church of St Thomas of Canterbury, Birtsmorton, Worcestershire, England

Transcript

'To the Memory of / WILLIAM CALDWELL / ESQr / who Married the RIGHT / HON CATHERINE COUNTESS OF BELLOMONT / AND AFTER HIS RETURN FROM HIS COMMAND / OF BEING REAR ADMIRAL of ye RED SQUADRON / in the BRITISH FLEET in the BALTICK died / at BIRSTMORTON COURT the 7th day of Oct / Anno Dom 1718 / aetat 55 / He was a BRAVE Judicious and an Experienc'd / Officer a Sincere Friend and a true Lover of / His Country / MANET POST FUNERA VIRTUS / And also of the Right Honble CATHERINE / Countess Dowager of BELLOMONT, Daughter / of BRIDGIS NANFAN Esqre AND Wife of the late / Right Honble RICHARD Earl of BELLOMONT, / who died at NEW YORK; She died 12th/March 1737 Aged 72'

Details

Description: Tomb chest supporting a semi-recumbent effigy in Roman dress in white marble. On a dark marble base, a white marble relief of a warship of 70 guns (damaged). Two composite columns of grey marble above, with a pilaster behind each. Cartouche bearing Caldwell arms (azure a cross patee fitchee between 10 estoiles or), supported by cannon, muskets, swords and flags, surmounted by the closed helm of an esquire with the crest of a cock's head between two wings expanded or combed and wattled gules. Inscription tablet between the pilasters flanked by many different navigational instruments (see dossier for details).
Type: Monument
Position: Chancel north wall
Materials: Grey and white marble
Artists: Thomas White

People

Caldwell, William
Age: 55
Date of Death: 7/10/1718
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral of the Red
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER.
Bibliography: John Charnock 'Biographia Navalis' vol. iii, p. 63; K.A. Esdaile 'English Church Monuments' (London, 1946).
Recorder: Timothy Wilson 1979
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