Memorial: M6515

Memorial at St Mary’s Church, Masham commemorating Vice-Admiral Octavius Henry Cyril Venables Vernon Harcourt d. 1863

Location

St Mary's Church, Masham, North Yorkshire, England

Transcript

‘TO THE MEMORY OF HER BELOVED HUSBAND, / OCTAVIUS HENRY CYRIL VENABLES VERNON HARCOURT, / VICE ADMIRAL IN THE ROYAL NAVY / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE, AT SWINTON PARK, / THE 14TH AUGUST A.D. 1863, / AFTER A LONG ILLNESS WHICH HE BORE, / WITH EXEMPLARY PATIENCE AND RESIGNATION / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED / BY HIS WIDOW ANNE HOLWELL DANBY VERNON HARCOURT / IN TOKEN OF THE DEEP AND AFFECTIONATE FEELING / WITH WHICH SHE DEPLORES HIS DEATH, / AFTER TWENTY SIX YEARS OF A HAPPY UNION; / SHE OFFERS THIS TRIBUTE TO HIS / ADMIRABLE QUALITIES IN SOCIAL LIFE, / TO HIS KINDNESS AND CONSIDERATION / TO ALL AROUND HIM / AND TO THE UNOSTENTATIOUS WORTH / AND STERLING EXCELLENCE OF HIS CHARACTER; / HIS ZEAL FOR THE HONOR AND GLORY OF GOD, AS WELL, / AS THE WELFARE OF HIS FELLOW CREATURES / WAS MANIFESTED NOT ONLY IN THE WORKS UNDERTAKEN / FOR THE SERVICE OF GOD, TO WHICH HE CONTRIBUTED / AND BY THE MUNIFICENCE OF HIS CHARIABLE BEQUESTS, / BUT ALSO BY A LONG CONSISTANT COURSE OF / BENEVOLENCE DURING HIS RESIDENCE IN THIS PARISH / HE WILL EVER BE REMEMBERED WITH AFFECTION / AND REGRET BY ALL THE MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY, / BY THE TENENTRY OF SWINTON AND BY HIS FRIENDS / AND NEIGHBOURS OF EVERY RANK AND STATUS.’

Details

Description: Trophies, arms and coronet, also an inscribed scroll above the inscription tablet. This is flanked by pilasters carved with laurel branches tied with ribbon, shells and floral arabesques below. On brackets carved with acanthus leaves.
Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Marble

Event

1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Vernon Harcourt, Octavius Henry Cyril Venables
Age:
Date of Death: 14/8/1863
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Photograph by Professor Norman Hammond.
Recorder: Professor Norman Hammond
Photographer: Professor Norman Hammond

JSON

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters