Memorial in Lower Largo, Fife commemorating Admiral Sir Philip Charles Henderson d. 1845
Location
Church, Lower Largo, Fife, Scotland
Transcript
‘IN MEMORY OF / SIR PHILIP CHARLES HENDERSON CALDERWOOD DURHAM / OF FORDELL, POLTON AND LARGO, / ADMIRAL OF THE RED, / KNIGHT GRAND CROSS OF THE BATH / AND OF MILITARY MERIT OF FRANCE. / HE WAS BORN AT LARGO ON 29TH OF JULY 1763 / ENTERED THE ROYAL NAVY AT FOURTEEN, AND WAS MADE / POST CAPTAIN IN 1793, HIS ACTIVITY, GALLANTRY, JUDGE / MENT AND ZEAL WERE EXCELLED BY NONE IN HIS PROFES / SION AND HIS NUMEROUS CAPTURES AND SUCCESSES WERE / ACKNOWLEDGED BY MANY PUBLIC TESTIMONIALS. HE BEC / AME REAR ADMIRAL IN 1810 WITH COMMANDER IN CHIEF / IN THE WEST INDIES FROM 1813 TILL THE PEACE IN 1815, / AND HELD THE COMMAND AT PORTSMOUTH FROM 1837 / TO 1839, HE REPRESENTED QUEENSBURGH AND DEVIZES /IN SEVERAL PARLIAMENTS, BUT PASSED HIS LATER YEARS / CHIEFLY AT FORDEL. COURTED IN SOCIETY AND GENEROUS / LY SPENDING AN AMPLE FORTUNE, IN 1799 HE MARRIED / LADY CHARLOTTE MATILDA BRUCE, DAUGHTER OF CHARLES, / 5TH EARL OF ELGIN WHO DIED IN 1816 AND SECONDLY / IN 1817 ANN ELIZABETH, DAUGHTER AND HEIRESS OF / SIR JOHN HENDERSON OF FORDELL, BARONET, WHOM HE SUR / VIVED ONLY 3 MONTHS, HE DIED AT NAPLES ON THE / 21ST OF APRIL 1845 AND WAS INTERRED BENEATH THE / WEST AISLE OF THIS CHURCH. / ERECTED BY HIS GREAT NEPHEW / JAMES WOLFE MURRAY OF CRINGLETIE / 1849.'
Details
Description: Wall tablet, inscription flanked by pilasters, the Order of the Bath in relief below. Date Erected: 1849 Vessel: HMS Anson
Event
Battle of Donegal
Event Date
1798
Event Category
1793-1802 French Revolutionary War
People
Durham, Philip Charles Henderson Calderwood Age: Date of Death: 21/4/1845 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Red Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: In 1793 Admiral Henderson captured the French privateer 'Afrique'. The 'Afrique' was the first capture of a vessel flying Le Tricolore. Bibliography: William Richard O'Byrne, A Naval Biographical Dictionary, Philip Charles Durham. Peter Hore ‘Nelson’s Band of Brothers: Lives and Memorials’ (Barnsley, 2015) p. 134.
Memorial at Highgate Cemetery, London commemorating Francis Elgar d. 1909, naval architect
Location
Highgate Cemetery, Highgate, London, England
Transcript
'IN / LOVING MEMORY / OF / FRANCIS ELGAR L.L.D., F,R,S, / BORN APRIL 24TH 1845 / DIED JANUARY 17TH 1909 / AND / ETHEL ANNIE MITCHELL ELGAR / HIS DEARLY LOVED WIFE / WHO DIED ON THE 8TH JULY 1914. AGED 46 YEARS / REST IN PEACE'
Details
Description: Cross on stepped plinth Type: Cross Materials: Grey granite
People
Elgar, Francis Age: Date of Death: 1909 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Naval architect Organisation: Admiralty
Extra
Notes: 1845-1909. Naval architect and Admiralty Director of Dockyards. Bibliography: Hugh Meller 'London cemeteries: an illustrated guide and gazetteer' (Amersham, 1981) p. 155.
Memorial in Penzance, Cornwall dedicated to Commander Richard Davies RN d. 1846
Location
St Mary's Church, Penzance, Cornwall, England
Transcript
'Sacred / to the memory / of / Richard Longfield Davies / of Ridinnick House, Penzance / Commander in the Royal Navy / who departed this life / May the 1st 1846 / in the 70th year of his age / a brave officer / and a sincere christian'
Details
Position: North wall
People
Davies, Richard Longfield Age: 70 Date of Death: 1/5/1846 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Commander RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial in North Front Cemetery, Gibraltar Alexander Thirde RN d. 1909
Location
North Front Cemetery, Gibraltar, Rest of the World
Details
Position: Grave 1490 Vessel: HMS Albemarle
People
Thirde, Alexander Age: 29 Date of Death: 21/1/1909 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Leading Shipwright Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Son of the late John Third Carpenter Kingston and son of Mrs Horne Burnside Garmouth (or Yarmouth) verse erected by his shipmates. Recorder: B.D. & G.L. Metherell 1986
Memorial at St Thomas Cathedral, Mumbai, India, commemorating the offices and crew of HEIC steam frigate ‘Cleopatra’ which was lost in a hurricane on 15th April 1847.
Location
St Thomas Cathedral, Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra, India, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Sacred to the memory of the / Commander, Officers and Ship's Company / of the Hon.ble East India Company's Steam Frigate ‘Cleopatra, / which is supposed to have foundered / in a hurricane off the coast of Malabar, / on the 15th day of April 1847. / There were lost in the Ill-fated Vessel, / J. A. Young, Commander, / Cha. Eden, / Hy. Ralph, / Tho. Lawes, Lieutenants. / J. T. Carr, Assistant Surgeon, / F. Nott, Mate, / I Soady, Midshipman, / T. G. Croad, Clerk in Charge, / W. S. B. Hadley, Captain's Clerk. / Together with a Crew of 142 souls. / This monument is erected by the Officers and Seamen of the Indian Navy, / as a tribute of respect to their lamented colleagues.’
Details
Description: The inscription flanked by tridents and wreaths, trophies on top include, flags and anchor, a shield, sword and gun. Type: Wall tablet Position: North wall C88 N14 Materials: White marble Artists: Bovey Vessel: HEIC Cleopatra
People
Carr, J. C. Age: Unknown Date of Death: 15/4/1847 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Assistant Surgeon HEIC Organisation: Honourable East India Company Croad, T. Age: Unknown Date of Death: 15/4/1847 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Clerk in charge HEIC Organisation: Honourable East India Company Eden, Charles Age: Unknown Date of Death: 15/4/1847 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant HEIC Organisation: Honourable East India Company Hadley, W. S. B. Age: Unknown Date of Death: 15/4/1847 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Captain's clerk HEIC Organisation: Honourable East India Company Lawes, Thomas Age: Unknown Date of Death: 15/4/1847 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant HEIC Organisation: Honourable East India Company Nott, F. Age: Unknown Date of Death: 15/4/1847 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Mate HEIC Organisation: Honourable East India Company Ralph, Henry Age: Unknown Date of Death: 15/4/1847 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant HEIC Organisation: Honourable East India Company Soady, J. Age: Unknown Date of Death: 15/4/1847 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Midshipman HEIC Organisation: Honourable East India Company Young, J. Age: Unknown Date of Death: 15/4/1847 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Master HEIC Organisation: Honourable East India Company
Extra
Notes: The Cleopatra was hit by a cyclone off the MalabarCoast en route from Bombay to Singapore. In addition to the crew, the Cleopatra was carrying 100 convicts with their Royal Marine guard.
Bibliography: 'Illustrated London News' (February 1853) p.157.
