Tomb with effigy at St Thomas’s Church, Cricket St Thomas commemorating Nelson’s brother the Reverend William Earl Nelson, Duke of Bronte d. 1835 formerly a naval chaplain
Location
St Thomas's Church, Cricket St Thomas, Somerset, England
Transcript
'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF THE / REVEREND WILLIAM EARL NELSON DUKE OF BRONTE / WHO WAS BORN THE 26TH [?] APRIL 1747 AND DIED 28TH FEBRUARY 1835 / HIS REMAINS ARE DEPOSITED IN ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL / BY THE SIDE OF HIS GALLANT BROTHER HORATIO VISCOUNT NELSON / ALSO SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF HORATIO NELSON / SON OF SAMUEL LORD BRIDPORT AND OF CHARLOTTE HIS WIFE / WHO WAS BORN JULY 25TH 1822 AND DIED 19TH JAN 1826 / AND OF HIS BROTHER HORATIO NELSON / WHO WAS BORN APRIL 27TH 1826 AND DIED 19TH JANUARY 1832 / THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY CHARLOTTE MARY LADY BRIDPORT / AS A TOKEN OF AFFECTION AND GRATITUDE TO HER FATHER / AND OF TENDER LOVE AND RESPECT FOR HER TWO CHILDREN'
Details
Type: Effigy
Position: Crypt
Materials: Marble
People
Age:
Date of Death: 28/2/1835
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Chaplain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy