Wall tablet at St Peter’s Church, Sandwich, Kent, commemorating William Clowes d. 1814 at Jamaica, Caribbean
Location
St Peter's Church, Sandwich, Kent, England
Transcript
'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF WILLIAM CLOWES OF THE ROYAL NAVY; / A DESCENDANT, BY HIS MOTHER FROM THE FAMILY / OF CURLING AT HAM IN THIS NEIGHBOURHOOD / DEVOTED TO THE SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY / HE FELL A VICTIM TO THE CLIMATE / IN THE ISLAND OF JAMAICA ON THE 20TH SEPTEMBER 1814 / AT THE EARLY AGE OF 23 YEARS / HIS KNOWN WORTH AND TALENTS MIGHT DEMAND / A MORE CONSPICUOUS TRIBUTE / THAN AFFECTION AND FRIENDSHIP / HAVE HERE ORDAINED'.
Details
Type: Wall tablet Materials: Marble
People
Clowes, William Age: 23 Date of Death: 20/9/1814 Cause of Death: Unknown / None Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Royal Navy
Wall tablet in the Church of St Mary The Virgin, Berry Pomeroy, Devon commemorating John Tracey, RN, d. 1811
Location
Church of St Mary The Virgin, Berry Pomeroy, Devon, England
Transcript
'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / JOHN SMITH TRACEY, / FOR MANY YEARS SECRETARY IN THE ROYAL NAVY, / WHO DIED AT BARBADOES / THE 26TH DECR 1811; AGED 36 YEARS, / THIS TABLET OF AFFECTION TO ONE, / WHO WAS GENERALLY BELOVED / AND ESTEEMED, / IS ERECTED BY HIS SISTER'
Details
Type: Wall tablet Position: South aisle centre Top Materials: Marble
People
Tracey, John Smith Age: 36 Date of Death: 26/12/1811 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Secretary RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: DOSSIER Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)
Memorial in St Mary’s Church, Fort St George, Chennai (Madras) India, commemorating Vice-Admiral Sir Samuel Hood, RN d. 1814.
Location
St Mary's Church, Fort St George, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Rest of the World
Transcript
'NEAR THIS PLACE ARE LAID THE REMAINS OF / VICE-ADMIRAL SIR SAMUEL HOOD, / KNIGHT OF THE BATH AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF / HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S SHIPS IN THE EAST INDIES / AN OFFICER OF DISTINGUISHED MERIT, WHOSE GREAT PUBLIC SERVICES / WILL LIVE IN THE ANNALS OF HIS COUNTRY / BUT IN THE AFFECTIONATE MEMORY OF HIS FRIENDS WERE LOST IN THE RECOLLECTION OF / HIS PRIVATE VIRTUES.'
Details
Description: Sarcophagus-shaped white marble wall tablet with guilloche decoration Type: Wall tablet Materials: Marble Artists: Francis Legatt Chantrey
People
Hood, Samuel Age: c. 51 - 52 Date of Death: 1814 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Ordered by Lady Hood March 12 1818. Bibliography: 'List of Statues, Monuments and Busts Erected in Madras' (Madras, 1898) pp. 14f; Alison Yarrington, Ilene D. Lieberman, Alex Potts and Malcolm Baker 'An Edition of the Ledger of Sir Francis Chantrey R.A...', 'The Fifty Sixth Volume of the Walpole Society' p. 50 (1991-1992)
Daniel A. Baugh, Michael Duffy, ‘Hood, Samuel, first Viscount Hood (1724–1816)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2009 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/13678, accessed 7 June 2017]
Wall tablet in St Winnow, Cornwall dedicated to Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Penrose d. 1830
Location
St Winnow's Church, St Winnow, Cornwall, England
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF / VICE ADMIRAL SIR CHARLES PENROSE K.C.B. / WHO DIED AT ETHY 1ST JANRY 1830. AGED 70. / THE VOICE AT MIDNIGHT CAME / 'TO MEET THY GOD PREPARE!' / A MORTAL ARROW PIERCED HIS FRAME, / HE FELL BUT FELT NO FEAR; FOR JESUS THOU ART STRONG TO SAVE / THOU ART THE CONQUEROR OF THE GRAVE. / AND IN MEMORY OF HIS SECOND DAUGHTER / CHARLOTTE MURRAY MAINWAIRING / WHO DIED AT ETHY 28 NOVR 1828 AGED 34'
Details
Description: A white marble tablet set on a slate ground of conforming shape and resting on two consol brackets. Inscription in black-filled Roman capitals.