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Memorial: M1727

Memorial at South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata, West Bengal, India commemorating Captain Anthony Hunt, RN, d. 1798

Location

South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Underneath lie the remains / of / Captain Anthony Hunt / late commander of His Britannic Majesty's ship / La Virginie / And Post Captain in the Royal Navy: / who departed this life / At Calcutta in Bengal / on the 10th day of August, 1798 / After a short illness, in the twenty-eighth year of his age / and who at an early age had acquired / great honours in his profession; and the esteem and / regard of all who had the honour of his acquaintance / By his death the Navy has lost / one of its brightest ornaments / and society one of its most valuable members / for he lived greatly beloved and respected / and died universally regretted'

Details

Type: Tomb
Vessel: HMS La Virginie

People

Hunt, Anthony
Age: 27
Date of Death: 10/8/1798
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Post Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: 'Naval Chronicle' vol. 9, pp. 26-32, (London, 1803); 'The Bengal Obituary or a record to perpetuate the memory of departed worth...' (Calcutta, 1848) p.83.
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