Statue in Spanish Town, Jamaica commemorating Admiral George Brydges Rodney d. 1792
Location
Spanish Town, Jamaica, Rest of the World
Transcript
'GEORG. BRYDG. RODNEY . BARON RODNEY / NAVAL PRAEL. VICTORI. / PRID. ID. APRILIS / A.D. MDCCLXXXII / JAMAICAE SALUTEM / BRITANN. PACEM REST. / DDD S.P.G. JAMAICENSIS.'
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Description: In a domed pavilion, a statue of Rodney dressed as a Roman general holding a baton in his extended right hand, his left hand rests on a sword hilt above a polygonal shield resting on a rock covered with seaweed and shells. On the back a relief of the 'Ville de Paris' surrendering based on a painting by Dominic Serres. Symbolic reliefs of Britannia on east and west sides. One in a sea shell chariot on the other side protecting Jamaica. Type: Statue Date Erected: 1792 Artists: John Bacon, the elder
People
Rodney, George Brydges Age: 74 Date of Death: 24/5/1792 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the White Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: Commissioned by Jamaican Assembly after the battle of the Saints. Clay model in V & A with Rodney in contemporary uniform. Serres painting exhibited at RA in 1784. No. 89 'La Ville de Paris striking to the British Fleet Apr. 12 1782.' John Bacon Junior 'Reminiscences of the late John Bacon Esquire RA and other persons of his time; as far as an old treacherous memory may be relied on' (MSS). Bibliography: Lesley Lewis 'English Commemorative Monuments in Jamaica', 'The Jamaican Historical Review' vol. ix, (1972); K.A. Esdaile 'English Church Monuments' (London, 1946) p. 39, p.68; Rupert Gunnis 'Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851' (London, 1964)); 'Times' (Dec 15 1929). Joan Coutu 'Eighteenth-Century British Monuments and the Politics of Empire' (PHD thesis, University of London, 1993) pp. 208-211.
Memorial in Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff commemorating Robert Bailey d. 1951
Location
Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales
Transcript
'In ever loving memory of / Robert Bailey / Master Mariner / Deeply loved and devoted husband of Harriett / Who died 27th April 1951 - aged 77 / until we meet./ Also Harriett / beloved wife of / Robert Bailey / Died 16th March 1961-Aged 88.'
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Type: Coped stone
People
Bailey, Robert Age: 77 Date of Death: 27/4/1951 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master Mariner Organisation:
Tomb in Castel, Guernsey, of Admiral James Saumarez, d. 1836
Location
Castel, Guernsey, Channel Islands
Transcript
'Here rests the mortal remains of / the Right Honourable JAMES Lord De SAUMAREZ / Baron of the United Kingdom and Baronet / Admiral of the Red General of Marines / Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath and of / the Royal Order of the Sword of Sweden DCL. / Looking unto Jesus for a blessed resurrection / He departed this life with the joyful hope / of immortal glory on the 9 of October 1836 / in the 80th year of his age / England's history records his public character / the voice of this island his private virtues / Also the mortal remains of / the Right Honourable MARTHA Baroness DE SAUMAREZ / relict of the above who departed this life on / the 17th of April 1849 in the 81st year of her age / Four of their children are also interred here / MARY DOBREE died 25 September 1812 / CARTERET died 19 June 1814 / THOMAS LE MARCHANT died 4th of July 1834 / MARTHA HARRIET died 2nd of January 1848 / Here also are deposited the remains of / CAROLINE ESTHER wife of Colonel / the Honourable JOHN ST VINCENT SAUMAREZ'
Details
Type: Tomb
Event
Second Battle of Algeciras
Event Date
1801
Event Category
1793-1802 French Revolutionary War
People
Saumarez, James Age: 80 Date of Death: 9/10/1836 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: A plaque replicating the tomb's deteriorating inscriptions set up by the 1805 Club on 21 July 2003. Photographer: B. Tomlinson
Memorial at the Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground, Greenwich commemorating James Webb d. 1813
Location
Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground (nurses home), Greenwich, London, England
Transcript
'In front of this stone / are deposited the remains of / Mr James Webb / upwards of twenty years / one of the porters of the / Royal Hospital / who died 7th June 1813 aged 81 / and Susannah his wife who / died 14th March 1863 aged 65 / Also of Mrs Mary Stuart / sister of the above / Died 6th February 1814 aged 80 years'
Details
Position: East side
People
Webb, James Age: 81 Date of Death: 7/6/1813 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Porter Organisation: Royal Hospital, Greenwich
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Notes: PRO Greenwich Hospital Memorial Inscriptions 9618.
Memorial at St James’s Church, Toxteth, Liverpool to Edward Grayson d. 1804 killed in a duel
Location
St James's Church, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, England
Transcript
'Ed. Grayson of Liverpool Shipwright, whose zeal in the defence of insulted innocence caused him to fall a sacrifice to the laws of false honour whereby the injured are unhappily compelled to expose themselves to destruction at the call of the agressor: died 4th March 1804 age 46'
Details
People
Grayson, Edward Age: 46 Date of Death: 4/3/1804 Cause of Death: Killed in a duel Rank / Occupation: Shipbuildert Organisation:
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Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 3, p.16. Killed in a duel with Lt. William Sparling 10th Dragoons. Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand
Wall tablet at Chalfont St Giles ocommemorating Admiral Sir Hugh Palliser RN. d. 1796.
Location
St Giles's Church, Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire, England
Transcript
' Near this Place / are deposited / the Remains of Sir HUGH PALLISER Bart. / Of the Vache in this Parish: / Who formerly represented the Boroughs of Scarborough and / Huntingdon in Parliament: was Comptroller of the Navy / One of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty / Lieutenant General of Marines; Commander in Chief / Of His Majesty's ships at Newfoundland; Governor of that Island / And died the 19th of March 1796, / Admiral of the White Squadron; / An Elder Brother of the Trinity House; / Governor of Scarborough Castle and of the Royal/Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich: / aged 74 years. / The Inhabitants desire here to commemorate SIR HUGH PALLISER'S Bequest of a School House & L30 a Year, for / Ever, towards educating and Cloathing 20 poor Boys & 20 poor Girls of this Parish'
Details
Description: Butterfly encircled with a snake with a tail in its mouth between two dolphins. Type: Wall tablet Position: North wall of chancel Materials: White marble, grey clouded marble.
Event
Battle of Ushant
Event Date
1778
Event Category
17793 - 1802 French Revolutionary War
People
Palliser, Hugh Age: 74 Date of Death: 19/3/1796 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the White. Comptroller of the Navy. Governor of Greenwich Hospital Organisation: Royal Hospital, Greenwich, Royal Navy
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Notes: DOSSIER. Lived at the Vache nearby.
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters