Wall tablet in the Garrison Chapel, Portsmouth commemorating Admiral Sir George Campbell, d. 1821.
Location
Garrison Chapel, Portsmouth, England
Transcript
'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / SIR GEORGE CAMPBELL G.C.B. / ADMIRAL OF THE WHITE SQUADRON OF HIS MAJESTY'S FLEET. / HE WAS THE SON OF PRYSE CAMPBELL ESQ. OF CAWDOR CASTLE, COUNTY OF NAIRN M.P. AND BROTHER OF LORD CAWDOR. / HE DIED COMMANDER IN CHIEF AT PORTSMOUTH, JANUARY 23RD 1821 AGED 59 / HAVING SERVED 49 YEARS IN THE ROYAL NAVY IN WHICH HE EMINENTLY DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF / IN MOST ARDUOUS AND ESSENTIAL SERVICES, IN CONSIDERATION OF WHICH AND HIS HIGH CHARACTER / HIS PRESENT MAJESTY IN THE MOST GRACIOUS MANNER APPOINTED HIM GROOM OF THE BEDCHAMBER / AND CONFERRED ON HIM THE MOST HONOURABLE MILITARY ORDER OF THE BATH / TO HIM, WHOSE, LOYAL, BRAVE AND GENTLE HEART, / FULFILL'D THE HERO'S AND THE CHRISTIAN'S PART; / WHOSE CHARITY LIKE THAT WHICH PAUL ENJOIN'D / WAS WARM, BENEFICENT AND UNCONFIN'D / THIS STONE IS REAR'D- TO PUBLICK DUTY TRUE / THE SEAMAN'S FRIEND - THE FATHER OF HIS CREW, / MILD IN REPROOF, SAGACIOUS IN COMMAND, / HE SPREAD FRATERNAL ZEAL THROUGHOUT HIS BAND, / AND LED EACH ARM TO ACT, EACH HEART TO FEEL, / WHAT BRITISH VALOUR OWES TO BRITAIN'S WEAL, / THESE WERE HIS PUBLICK VIRTUES- BUT TO TRACE / HIS PRIVATE WORTH'S FAIR PURITY AND GRACE: / TO PAINT THE TRAITS THAT DREW AFFECTION STRONG / FROM FRIENDS AN ARDENT AND AN AMPLE THRONG: / AND MORE TO SPEAK HIS MEMORY'S GRATEFUL CLAIM / ON HER WHO MOURNS HIM MOST, AND BEARS HIS NAME, / O'ERCOMES THE TREMBLING HAND OF WIDOW'S GRIEF, / O'ERCOMES THE HEART UNCONSCIOUS OF RELIEF / SAVE IN RELIGION'S HIGH AND HOLY TRUST / WHILST PLACING THIS MEMORIAL O'ER HIS DUST'
Details
Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Marble
People
Age: 59
Date of Death: 23/1/1821
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the White
Organisation: Royal Navy