Memorial: M1773

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

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER. Lived at the Vache nearby.

JSON

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