‘Memorial in St Saviour’s now St Andrew’s, Torquay, Devon dedicated to Captain Charles Leonard Irby RN d. 1845 and Captain James Mangles RN d. 1867
Location
St Saviour’s, now St Andrew's, Torquay, Devon, England
Transcript
‘SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF CAPTAIN THE HONOURABLE / CHA. LEONARD IRBY R.N. / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE / ON THE 3RD DECEMBER 1845 / AGED 56 / ALSO / TO THE MEMORY OF / JAMES MANGLES CAP. R.N. / WHO DIED AT FAIRFIELD / NEAR EXETER / NOVEMBER 18TH 1867 / IN THE 82 YEAR OF HIS AGE'
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Type: Gravestone
People
Irby, Charles Leonard Age: 56 Date of Death: 3/12/1845 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy Mangles, James Age: 81 Date of Death: 18/11/1867 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: Both men were travelers. Mangles was also a plant hunter and botanist. Recorder: R.D. Ridding 1996
Memorial dedicated to Charles Taylor in Stanton, Derbyshire d. 1818
Location
All Saints Church, Stanton, Derbyshire, England
Transcript
'In memory of Charles Taylor Esq. / Surgeon in the Royal Navy. / Son of / John and Elizabeth Taylor / of Stanton in this Parish. / Being appointed / Surgeon, Mineralogist, and Botanist / to the first Sierra Leone Company. / He traveled through various parts of Africa / in search of knowledge and returned MDCCXCII, / Amply rewarded to his native country, / Which he continued to serve with fidelity / to the day of his death / the XXVIII day of November MDCCCXVIII / in the LVI year of his age'
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People
Taylor, Charles Age: 55 Date of Death: 28/11/1818 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Surgeon RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Statue in front of Custom’s House, Purfleet Quay, Kings Lynn, commemorating Captain George Vancouver, RN d. 1798
Location
Purfleet Quay, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, England
Transcript
'TO THE MEMORY OF / CAPTAIN GEORGE VANCOUVER RN. / BORN KING'S LYNN 1757 DIED PETERSHAM 1798 / A GREAT NAVIGATOR & SURVEYOR / FROM 1791 to 1795 / CAPTAIN VANCOUVER PRECISELY CHARTED MANY THOUSANDS / OF MILES OF THE NORTHWEST PACIFIC COASTLINE / FROM SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA TO ANCHORAGE ALASKA / (To King George III) / Captain Vancouver was not undeserving the honour / of trust reposed in him, and that he has fulfilled the / objective of his commission from your majesty with / diligence and fidelity / (John Vancouver) / The plinth is of stone from the Pacific West Coast / of Canada / Erected in the year 2000'
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Description: Full-length figure of Vancouver in uniform Type: Statue Position: In front of Custom's House, Purfleet Quay Materials: Bronze Date Erected: 24/10/2000 Artists: Penelope Reeve
People
Vancouver, George Age: 40 Date of Death: 12/5/1798 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: Vancouver Island and the city of Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada, Vancouver, Washington State and Mount Vancouver in New Zealand were all named after the British explorer.
There are numerous memorials to Captain Vancouver across the world, including in Vanier Park, Vancouver, Canada and North Kihei, Maui, Hawaii. 2007 marked the 250th anniversary of Vancouver’s birth. Canada Post issued a commemorative stamp.
Obelisk in Kurnell, Botany Bay, New South Wales, Australia, commemorating Captain James Cook RN d. 1779
Location
Kurnell, Botany Bay, New South Wales, Australia, Rest of the World
Details
Type: Obelisk Materials: Sandstone Date Erected: 1870
People
Cook, James Age: 51 Date of Death: 14/2/1779 Cause of Death: Killed by indigenous people Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: Erected by Thomas Holt to celebrate the centenary of Captain Cook's landing at Kurnell. Bibliography: Michael Hedger 'Public Sculpture in Australia' (Roseville East, NSW, c.1995) p. 14.
Window dedicated to John d. 1498 and Sebastian Cabot d. 1557, in St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol
Location
St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol, England
Transcript
'John Cabot', 'Sebastian Cabot', 'The Matthew', 'Lewis and Sancto'
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Description: Four lights depicting the elder and younger Cabot, the ship the 'Matthew' and two seamen holding oars. Type: Window Position: South Transept Materials: Glass, lead Vessel: Matthew
People
Cabot, John Age: Date of Death: 1498 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Navigator Organisation: Cabot, Sebastian Age: Date of Death: 1557 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Explorer Organisation:
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Notes: The Cabots were both famous Venetian explorers who voyaged to the Americas. Bibliography: David B. Quinn, ‘Cabot, John (c.1451–1498)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2010 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/66135, accessed 8 June 2017]
David Loades, ‘Cabot, Sebastian (c.1481/2–1557)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2010 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/4290, accessed 8 June 2017]
Wall tablet in St Margaret’s Westminster, London commemorating Sir Walter Raleigh d. 1618
Location
St Margaret's Westminster, Westminster, London, England
Transcript
'WITHIN YE CHANCEL OF THIS CHURCH WAS INTERRED / THE BODY OF THE / GREAT SR. WALTER RALEIGH K.T. / ON THE DAY HE WAS BEHEADED / IN OLD PALACE YARD, WESTMINSTER, / OCTR. 29TH. ANO. DOM. 1618. / READER - Should Yov reflect on his errors / Remember his many virtves / And that he was a mortal'
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Description: Egg and dart border. Inscription tablet within frame of strapwork, arms above. Type: Wall tablet Position: South aisle north wall Materials: Stone, brass
People
Raleigh, Walter Age: 65 Date of Death: 29/10/1618 Cause of Death: Executed Rank / Occupation: Explorer Organisation:
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Notes: Sketch DOSSIER. In 1818 a wooden tablet was set up in memory of Raleigh. This was replaced in 1845 with a brass with the same inscription. His body was buried under the high altar according to Aubrey. Bibliography: H.F. Westlake 'St Margaret's Westminster' (London, 1914) p. 120.
Monument at Merton College Chapel, Oxford commemorating Henry Savile d. 1622
Location
Merton College Chapel, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
Transcript
‘MS / HENRICVS SAVILE MILES COLLEGII / MERTONENSIS CUSTOS / ETONENSIS PRAEPOSITV / FVI / EXVVIAS CORPORIS FRVSTRA SIT QVI HIC QVAERAT / SERVAT PRAENOBILE DEPOSITVM ETONA / PERENNEM VIRTVTVM AC BENEFACTORVM / MEMORIAM / QVIBVS COLLEGIVM VTRVMQ. ACADEMIAM IMPRIMIS / OXONIENSEM COMPLEXVS EST, IPSVMQVE ADEO / MVNDVM HABET SIBI DEBENDI REVM / AFFECTVS INSVPER PENTISSIMAE UXORIS / POSSIDET ISTE LAPIS B.M.P. Margereta Coniux obsequentissima / in hoc uno quod posuit pie immorigera / OBIIT Ao DNI CIC . ICC . XXI, FERBRVAR : XIX’ [painted over figures] 'Chrystsostomus', 'Ptolomaeus', 'Euclides', 'Tacitus'.
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Description: Within an architectural surround, a half-length figure of Savile, holding a book, his shield of arms behind. He is flanked by two figures on each side - representing Euclid, Ptolomy, Tacitus and St John Chrysostom. Two putti and Fame are placed at the top of the monument. Painted views of Merton College and Eton - institutions over which Savile presided, flank the inscription. Below it is a painted globe showing the southern hemisphere, with the route of Magellan's voyage. Type: Monument
People
Saville, Henry Age: Date of Death: 1622 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Scholar Organisation: Merton College; Eton
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Notes: Savile founded two chairs at Oxford - Astronomy (Ptolomy) and Geometry (Euclid). Savile also studied the four authors depicted. Bibliography: Dr Jean Wilson 'Ethics Girls', 'Church Monuments' vol xiii (1998), p. 91. Recorder: B. Tomlinson 2018 Photographer: B. Tomlinson
Brass plaque at Church of St Michael and All Angels, Colwich marking the burial place of Admiral of the Fleet, George Anson d. 1762
Location
Church of St Michael and All Angels, Colwich, Staffordshire, England
Transcript
'In Memory of / GEORGE LORD ANSON / who was born at Shugborough in this Parish / on St Georges Day 23 April 1697 / He entered the Royal Navy and became / Admiral of the Fleet and Vice Admiral of England / He was First Lord of the Admiralty / during the Seven Years War / and is also Famous for his / Voyage round the World / 1740-44 / He died on the 6th June 1762 / and is buried in this church / THIS MEMORIAL / was erected by public subscription / on the bicentenary of his birth / HIS WIFE ELIZABETH / DAUGHTER OF / PHILIP 1st EARL of HARDWICK / LORD CHANCELLOR OF ENGLAND / is buried in the same vault' [Inscription in the vault] 'THE RT HONBLE / GEORGE LORD ANSON / DIED JUNE 2 1762 / AGED 65'
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Description: Anson coat of arms above inscription. Type: Brass plaque Position: Chancel north wall Materials: Brass
Event Category
1739-1748 War of the Austrian Succession
People
Anson, George Age: 65 Date of Death: 6/6/1762 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Fleet Organisation:
Memorial to Rear-Admiral Mathew Michell d.1752, at Chilterne, Wiltshire. He circumnavigated the globe with Anson.
Location
All Saints Church, Chilterne, Wiltshire, England
Transcript
'In a Vault / Near this Place / are deposited the Remains of / COMMODORE MATHEW MICHELL Whose Life was spent in the Service of his King and Country / He first went to Sea in 1718 when He was no more / than eight Years of Age: and, in 1738, was advanced to be COMMANDER OF THE TERRIBLE BOMB. In 1739 / He was made MASTER OF THE SWIFT SLOOP, and in 1740 was / appointed CAPTAIN OF THE PEARL MAN OF WAR of 44 guns, / which he soon exchanged for the GLOUCESTER of 50 Guns. In the / Years, 1740, 41, 42 being commissioned to cruise upon the SPANIARDS / in the South Seas, He sailed round the World, under the Command of / COMMODORE ANSON. In 1743, He was made CAPTAIN OF THE WORCESTER / of 60, and, in 1744 of the BARFLEUR of 90 Guns. During the unnatural / Rebellion in the years 1745, and 1746, His known Zeal for the Protestant / Succession, and eminent Skill in his Profession, recommended him / the important Command of a Squadron in the DOWNS, with the / Authority of a REAR ADMIRAL, under the title of COMMODORE. / In 1747 He was nominated to the Command of a / large Fleet stationed at the Mouth of the SCHELDTE / and of all other his Majesty's Ships upon the coast of / HOLLAND with a commission to defend ZEALAND / threatened with a FRENCH INVASION, and to / assist the LOYAL DUTCH in the Attempts, which / they were making to restore the PRINCE OF ORANGE / to the Dignity of STADTHOLDER; both which Services / He performed to the Satisfaction of ENGLAND, and / the UNITED PROVINCES. Upon the Conclusion of / the general Peace at AIX LA CHAPELLE, in the same Year, / being elected a Burgess for the Corporation of / WESTBURY, in this County, He continued a diligent / and attentive Member of Parliament, 'till the time of his Death. / The constant Dangers which accompany a Maritim / Life, wrought in Him, the most reverential Awe / of the Deity, which he uniformly expressed in a / punctual Attendance upon the Divine Worship, / and in the regular Discharge of all those private / Relations, which the Parent, the Wife, the Brother, / and the Friend demanded of Him. / He dyed April the 29th 1752 / leaving behind Him two Children, MATHEW aged 14 months / and ANN aged 3 months / As an affectionate Testimony of her Great Regard to / the Memory of so dear a Friend, and Husband, this / Monument is erected by his Widow / FRANCES MICHELL'
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Description: Inscription flanked by naval trophies, a relief of a naval action below, Mitchell arms on a cartouche above. Type: Wall tablet Materials: Marble
People
Michell, Matthew Age: Date of Death: 29/4/1752 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Commander RN Organisation: Royal Navy
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