Memorial: M4222

Wall tablet in Town Church, St Peter Port, Guernsey commemorating Rear-Admiral Thomas Saumarez Brock d. 1875

Location

Town Church, St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands

Transcript

'In Loving Memory of REAR ADMIRAL THOMAS SAUMAREZ BROCK OF THE HERMITAGE C.B., K.C.S.S.M. & L C.R.G. ETC. BORN 22ND DEC 1800. DIED 28 APRIL 1875. ALSO OF ISABELLA DIXON HIS WIFE BORN 1ST JAN 1803 DIED 2ND DEC 1878 ALSO OF SAUMAREZ BURRELL, ELDEST SON OF THE ABOVE BORN 17TH DEC 1839 DIED 1854. Psalm XXIII, 2 Romans VIII 13 THE MARBLE OF THIS MONUMENT, ERECTED BY THEIR DAUGHTER Ellen FORMED ONCE A PORTION OF THE HEATHEN TEMPLE OF DIANA OF THE EPHESIANS'

Details

Description: In the centre, The Brock arms - lion and lily, in colour with mottos: 'Veritas Vincet', 'Dum spiro spero'.
Type: Tablet
Position: Wall of south transept
Materials: Marble

People

Brock, Thomas Saumarez
Age: 74
Date of Death: 28/4/1875
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: J Pelley, 1978
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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