Wall tablet in Westminster Abbey to Captain John Stewart RN d. 1811
Location
Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England
Transcript
'TO THE MEMORY OF JOHN STEWART ESQUIRE, / CAPTAIN IN THE ROYAL NAVY, / SON OF WILLIAM STEWART ESQUIRE / OF CASTLESTEWART IN WIGTOWNSHIRE / AND EUPHEMIA DAUGHTER OF LORD FORTROSE. / HE ENTERED THE NAVY AT AN EARLY AGE / AND DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF / IN EVERY RANK AND BRANCH OF THE SERVICE / PARTICULARLY WHEN IN COMMAND OF / THE SEAHORSE 38 GUNS WITH WHICH SINGLE SHIP / HE TOTALLY DEFEATED A TURKISH SQUADRON / AND CAPTURED THE BADERE ZAFFER CARRYING 52 GUNS. / HE DIED IN LONDON ON THE 25TH OCTOBER 1811 / AGED 36 YEARS. / THE KNOWLEDGE, DECISION AND COOLNESS WHICH / HE DISPLAYED AS AN OFFICER, / WON HIM THE CONFIDENCE OF ALL WHO SERVED WITH HIM; / THE GAIETY AND CHEERFULNESS OF HIS TEMPER, / THE FRANKNESS OF HIS DISPOSITION, / AND THE WARMTH AND GOODNESS OF HIS HEART, / RENDERED HIM THE DELIGHT OF ALL WHO APPROACHED HIM, / AND MADE HIS DEATH AN EQUAL LOSS / TO PRIVATE SOCIETY AND TO HIS COUNTRY'
Details
Type: Wall monument
Position: North side nave
Materials: White marble
Artists: Richard Westmacott
Vessel: HMS 'Seahorse'
Event
Napoleonic War
People
Age: 36
Date of Death: 25/10/1811
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Bibliography: 'Naval History of the Present Year', 'Naval Chronicle' vol. 26, pp.335-352, (London, 1811).
Recorder: B. Tomlinson