Memorial: M1852

Memorial at St Nicolas, Chiswick, London commemorating Alexander Brodie d. 1811, ironmaster and inventor

Location

St Nicholas's Church, Chiswick, London, England

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF / ALEXANDER BRODIE ESQ. IRON MASTER LATE OF / CAREY ST. IN LIBERTY OF TROLLS, LONDON, / AND CALCUT IN COUNTY OF SALOP. / A NATIVE OF TRAQUAIR, FIRST INVENTOR / OF THE REGISTER STOVES AND FIRE HEARTHS / FOR SHIPS / HAD THE HONOUR OF SUPPLYING THE WHOLE OF / THE BRITISH NAVY WITH THE LATTER FOR / UPWARDS OF 30 YEARS, TO THE PRESERVATION / OF MANY VALUABLE LIVES SINCE THEIR / INTRODUCTION, AND WAS A GREAT SAVING TO / THE GOVERNMENT / DIED 6TH JAN.1811 AGED 78 YEARS. / HIS MORTAL REMAINS WERE DEPOSITED IN CHISWICK CHURCHYARD CO MIDDLESEX AND THIS / TABLET IS PLACED THERE BY HIS NEPHEWS AND / NIECES / AUGUST 1818'

Details

Position: Churchyard

People

Brodie, Alexander
Age: 78
Date of Death: 6/1/1811
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Inventor
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Inventor of ship's firehearths and stoves.

JSON

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters