Memorial: M2319

Wall tablet in Church of St Peter and St Paul, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire commemorating Lieutenant Richard Marks RN d. 1847

Location

Church of St Peter and St Paul, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, England

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF / THE REVEREND RICHARD MARKS / TWENTY FOUR YEARS VICAR OF THIS PARISH, / WHOSE / SINGULAR AND EVENTFUL HISTORY / RECORDED BY HIS OWN PEN IN THE / "RETROSPECT" / AND VARIOUS OTHER WRITINGS / HAS BEEN MADE A BLESSING TO THOUSANDS / AND WHOSE / HOLY LIFE AND FAITHFUL MINISTRY / WILL LONG BE HAD IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE / BY THE FLOCK / TOWHOM HE DECLARED THE WHOLE COUNCIL OF GOD / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED / BY HIS SURVIVING FRIENDS AND PARISHIONERS. / HE WAS BORN AT NORTH CRAWLEY IN THIS COUNTY DEC. 31ST 1778 / AND CLOSED A LIFE OF PIETY, USEFULNESS AND HONOR / IN THIS VILLAGE 22ND MAY 1847'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: South aisle
Materials: Grey marble

Event

Battle of Trafalgar

Event Date

1805

Event Category

1803 - 1815 Napoleonic Wars

People

Marks, Richard
Age:
Date of Death: 22/5/1847
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER. Before being ordained, Richard Marks served in the Royal Navy and was present at the Battle of Trafalgar. He was commissioned lieutenant on 2nd November 1805 and resigned on 2nd April 1814.
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)

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