Wall tablet at St Nicholas’s Church, Deptford commemorating Sir Richard Hughes d. 1779
Location
St Nicholas's Church, Deptford, London, England
Transcript
'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY / OF SIR RICHARD HVGHES BARONET / ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS AND COMMISSIONERS / OF HIS MAJESTIES NAVY / WHO DIED IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD / MDCCLXXIX / SEPTEMBER XXIII / AGED LXXI / IN HIS PRIVATE STATION / HE WAS TRULY AMIABLE / IN HIS PROFESSIONAL CHARACTER / JVSTLY RESPECTABLE / IN HIM HIS FAMILY REGRET / AN AFFECTIONATE RELATION / SOCIETY AN VSEFVL MEMBER / RELIGION A REAL ORNAMENT / MAY THE APPROBATION HE ACQVIRED / FROM ALL ORDERS AND DEGREES OF MEN / FOR HIS UPRIGHT LIFE AND PLEASING MANNERS / AND THE HONOVRS HE RECEIVED / FROM HIS SOVEREIGN / FOR HIS GOOD AND FAITHFVLL SERVICES / BE THE PRELVDE ONLY / TO APPLAVSES FROM ANGELS / AND ACCEPTANCE FROM THE KING OF KINGS'
Details
Type: Wall tablet
Position: Formerly high up on cross beam,south side.
Materials: Marble
People
Age: 71
Date of Death: 23/9/1779
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Commissioner of the Navy.
Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Bibliography: J. Summerson 'Monuments in St Nicholas Deptford', 'Mariners Mirror' vol. 27, p. 287 (Cambridge,1941).
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)