Obelisk in State Historical Park, Kealakekua Bay, Big Island, Hawaii commemorating Captain James Cook RN d. 1799
Location
State Historical Park, Kealakekua Bay, Big Island, Hawaii, Rest of the World
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF / THE GREAT CIRCUMNAVIGATOR / CAPT. JAMES COOK R.N. / WHO / DISCOVERED THESE ISLANDS / ON THE 10TH JANUARY A.D. 1778 / AND FELL NEAR THIS SPOT / ON THE 14TH FEBRUARY, A.D. 1779 / THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED / IN NOVEMBER 1874 / BY SOME OF/HIS FELLOW COUNTRYMEN.'
Details
Description: White painted obelisk on plinth.
Type: Obelisk Date Erected: 1874 Vessel: HMB Endeavor
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
Wall tablet at Clitheroe Royal Grammar School, Lancashire commemorating Captain James King RN d. 1784
Location
Clitheroe Royal Grammar School, Clitheroe, Lancashire, England
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF / CAPTAIN JAMES KING RN. LLD. FRS. / SOMETIME SCHOLAR OF THIS SCHOOL / AND FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE OF / CAPTAIN COOK / THE FAMOUS NAVIGATOR AND EXPLORER / HE DIED IN THE YEAR 1784 AGED 34 YEARS / ERECTED BY THE OLD / CLITHERONIANS ASSOCIATION 1939'
Details
Type: Tablet
People
King, James Age: Date of Death: 1784
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Cause of Death: Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Served under James Cook on his last voyage. Died at Nice of tuberculosis where he is buried. Blue plaque in King Street, Clitheroe on the site of King's former home. Bibliography: 'Dictionary of National Biography'.
Bust of Sir Francis Drake d. 1596 at Stowe, Buckinghamshire.
Location
Stowe Landscape Gardens, Stowe, Buckinghamshire, England
Transcript
'SIR FRANCIS DRAKE / WHO THROUGH MANY PERILS, WAS THE FIRST OF BRITONS / THAT ADVENTURED TO SAIL ROUND THE GLOBE / AND CARRIED INTO UNKNOWN SEAS AND NATIONS; / THE KNOWLEDGE AND GLORY OF THE BRITISH NAME'
Details
Description: Bust in a niche in the Temple of British Worthies. Type: Bust Position: Temple of British Worthies Materials: Stone Artists: Peter Scheemakers Vessel: Golden Hind
Event
Spanish Armada
Event Date
1588
Event Category
1584 - 1604 Conflict between England and Spain
People
Drake, Francis Age: Date of Death: 28/1/1596 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
Memorial in Fort Needham, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada commemorating Captain James Cook, RN, d. 1779
Location
Fort Needham, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Rest of the World
Transcript
'CAPTAIN JAMES COOK R.N. / James Cook distinguished himself for his 'indefatigable / industry' and his scientific skill during naval operations / in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and around Nova Scotia be- / tween 1758 and 1762. He spent those same winters in / Halifax compiling charts of the St. Lawrence and descrip- / tions of the coast of Nova Scotia from previous charts / and from the results of his summer surveys. Meanwhile, / by adapting the techniques of military engineers to the / marine situation, he evolved those new methods of sur- / veying which he later put to such good use in Newfound- / land and the South Pacific. / Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada / Government of Canada'
Details
Description: Bronze plaque inscribed in English and French fixed to a stone plinth. The plaque was produced and installed by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada, an agency of the Canadian Government. Type: Memorial Materials: stone, bronze
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
Wall tablet in Church of St Mary and the Holy Rood, Donington, Lincolnshire commemorating Captain Matthew Flinders RN d. 1814
Location
Church of St Mary and the Holy Rood, Donington, Lincolnshire, England
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF / CAPTAIN MATTHEW FLINDERS, R.N. / WHO DIED JULY 19TH 1814 / AGED 40 YEARS / AFTER HAVING TWICE CIRCUMNAVIGATED THE GLOBE, HE WAS / SENT BY THE ADMIRALTY IN THE YEAR 1801, TO MAKE / DISCOVERIES ON THE COAST OF TERRA AUSTRALIS / RETURNING FROM THIS VOYAGE HE SUFFERED SHIPWRECK / AND BY THE INJUSTICE OF THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT / WAS IMPRISONED SIX YEARS IN THE / ISLAND OF MAURITIUS / IN 1810, HE WAS RESTORED TO HIS NATIVE LAND, AND NOT / LONG AFTER WAS ATTACKED BY AN EXCRUCIATING DISEASE / THE ANGUISH HE BORE UNTIL DEATH / WITH UNDEVIATING FORTITUDE / HIS COUNTRY WILL LONG REGRET THE LOSS OF ONE WHOSE / EXERTIONS IN HER CAUSE WERE ONLY EQUALLED BY / HIS PERSEVERANCE: / BUT HIS FAMILY WILL MOST DEEPLY FEEL THE / IRREPARABLE DEPRIVATION. / THEY DO NOT HEREIN LAMENT A MAN OF SUPERIOR INTELLECT / THEY MOURN AN AFFECTIONATE HUSBAND / A TENDER FATHER. A KIND BROTHER, / AND A FAITHFUL FRIEND'
Details
Description: A draped urn above the inscription, a relief of a ship on the apron below it. Type: Wall tablet
People
Flinders, Matthew Age: 40 Date of Death: 19/7/1814 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Also a bust by A Flieschmann. Unmarked place of burial in St James's Gardens, Euston or under Euston Station. St James's Gardens now lies in the path of HS2. The memorial at Donington erected by Flinder's widow Ann. Bibliography: Joseph Bryant 'Captain Matthew Flinders', RN: his voyages, discoveries and fortunes' (London, 1928).
Memorial window in St Margaret’s Westminster, London dedicated to Sir Walter Raleigh d. 1618
Location
St Margaret's Westminster, Westminster, London, England
Transcript
[Inscription tablet] 'THIS WINDOW DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF SIR WALTER RALEIGH WAS PLACED HERE BY SUBSCRIPTION FROM THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA'
Details
Description: Five main lights and 25 tracery lights. The main lights depict Prince Henry, Sir Walter Raleigh, Queen Elizabeth I, Edmund Spencer, Sir Humphrey Gilbert, Predella- Ralegh sails for America, Ralegh lands in America, Ralegh presents Spencer at court, Ralegh imprisoned, Ralegh's funeral. Type: Window Position: West wall Materials: Glass Artists: Clayton & Bell
People
Raleigh, Walter Age: c.65 Date of Death: 29/10/1618 Cause of Death: Executed Rank / Occupation: Explorer Organisation:
Extra
Notes: Sketch DOSSIER. Paid for by subscription of £600 raised in America. Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS) 1993
Wall tablet in Ripon Cathedral, North Yorkshire commemorating Commander John Elliot RN d. 1834
Location
Cathedral, Ripon, North Yorkshire, England
Transcript
'TO THE MEMORY OF THE LATE JOHN ELLIOTT ESQRE OF ELLIOTT HOUSE, NEAR RIPON, COMMANDER R.N; / HAVING ENTERED THE NAVAL SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY EARLY IN LIFE, HE CIRCUMNAVIGATED / THE GLOBE AS A MIDSHIPMAN IN THE RESOLUTION, UNDER THE COMMAND OF THE CELEBRATED / CAPT. COOK, HE SUBSEQUENTLY SERVED AS A LIEUT. OF THE AJAX, OF 74 GUNS; AND WAS PRESENT IN / LORD RODNEY'S GLORIOUS ACTION, ON THE 12TH APRIL, 1782; IN WHICH HE WAS SEVERELY WOUNDED. / HE RESIDED AT ELLIOTT HOUSE MANY YEARS. GREATLY RESPECTED FOR HIS STRICT INTEGRITY AND / UPRIGHTNESS, IN ALL RELATIONS OF LIFE. HE WAS BORN JANY.11TH 1759; AND DIED SEPR. 17TH 1834. / ALSO TO THE MEMORY OF ISABELLA ELLIOTT, HIS BELOVED WIFE, WHO WAS BORN NOVR. 22ND 1762; / AND DIED JULY 9TH 1841; GENERALLY RESPECTED FOR HER AMIABILITY AND DOMESTIC VIRTUES. / LIKEWISE TO THE MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING CHILDREN OF THE ABOVE. / CHARLES FREDERICK ELLIOTT, BORN MAY 17TH 1790; AND DIED JANUARY 4TH 1791. / GILBERT ELLIOTT, BORN FEBRUARY 15TH 1795; AND DIED MAY 17TH 1795. MARIA ELLIOTT, BORN NOVEMBER 14TH 1797; / AND DIED SEPTEMBER 5TH 1800. / CHARLES BOWES ELLIOTT, BORN JULY 25TH 1791; AND DIED AT DURHAM, NOVEMBER 2ND 1801. / CHARLOTTE ELEANOR ELLIOTT, BORN OCTOBER 4TH 1803; AND DIED APRIL 17 1812 / FREDERICK EDMUND ELLIOTT, BORN NOVEMBER 1ST 1808; AND DIED JUNE 18TH 1821. / ANNA MARIA, THE BELOVED WIFE OF THE REV. WILLIAM HOUGH, INCUMBENT OF HAMBLETON, IN/THE COUNTY OF LANCASTER, BORN OCTOBER 18TH 1802; AND DIED DEEPLY LAMENTED, NOVR.18TH 1844. / SIBELLA BORN JUNE 28TH 1789; AND DIED MAY 17TH 1850 / THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY JOHN BARDOE ELLIOTT ESQR. ELDEST SON OF THE ABOVE JOHN AND ISABELLA ELLIOTT AS A MARK OF FILIAL AFFECTION'
Details
Description: Gothic style. Type: Wall tablet Position: South nave aisle Materials: Marble Vessel: HMS Ajax , HMS Resolution
Event
Battle of the Saints
Event Date
1782
Event Category
1775-1783 American Revolutionary War
People
Elliott, John Age: 75 Date of Death: 17/9/1834 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial at Kensal Green Cemetery, London commemorating Admiral Henry John Rous RN d. 1877
Location
Kensal Green Cemetery, Kensal Green, London, England
Transcript
'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / ADMIRAL / THE HONble HENRY, JOHN ROUS / WHO DIED REGRETTED AND BELOVED ON THE 19th JUNE 1877 AGED 82 YEARS / [West Side] 'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / SOPHIA / WIFE OF THE HONbl ADMIRAL ROUS. WHO DIED JANy 30th AGED 72 / 'I SHALL GO TO HER BUT SHE SHALL NOT RETURN TO ME'.
Details
Description: Gothic chest tomb, Portland stone with pink granite pillars. Type: Tomb Position: 22606/86/PS Materials: Portland stone, granite
People
Rous, Henry John Age: 82 Date of Death: 19/6/1877 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Admiral; explorer Organisation: Royal Navy
