Memorial at Littleham, Devon commemorating Frances Viscountess Nelson d. 1831 and her son Captain Josiah Nisbet RN d. 1830
Location
Church of St Margaret with St Andrew, Littleham, Devon, England
Transcript
‘SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / FRANCES HERBERT / VISCOUNTESS NELSON, DUCHESS OF BRONTI, / WIDOW OF THE LATE ADMIRAL LORD VISCOUNT NELSON / AND HER SON JOSIAH NISBET ESQR. / CAPTAIN IN THE ROYAL NAVY / WHOM SHE SURVIVED ELEVEN MONTHS / AND DIED IN LONDON MAY 6TH 1831 / AGED 73 YEARS. / THIS HUMBLE OFFERING OF AFFECTION / IS ERECTED BY FRANCES HERBERT NISBET / IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE VIRTUES / WHICH ADORNED A KIND MOTHER IN LAW AND A GOOD HUSBAND. / IN THE ADJOINING CHURCHYARD WAS / ALSO LAID THE BODY OF FRANCES HERBERT, / WIDOW OF CAPT. JOSIAH NISBET, R.N. / WHO DIED 16TH JANUARY 1864, AGED 72 / IN HOPE’
Details
Type: Wall tablet
Position: Interior
Materials: Marble
Date Erected: 1831
Artists: Peter Turnerelli
People
Age: 73
Date of Death: 6/5/1831
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Wife of Lord Nelson
Organisation: Unknown
Nisbet, Josiah
Age: 50
Date of Death: 14/7/1830
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain
Organisation: Royal Navy