Memorial: M2045

Vault in St George’s Church, Douglas, Isle of Man, commemorating Sir William Hillary d. 1847, founder of the RNLI

Location

St George's Church, Douglas, Isle of Man

Transcript

'TO THE HONOURED MEMORY OF / LIEUT. COLONEL SIR WILLIAM HILLARY, BT. / OF YORKSHIRE, ESSEX AND THE ISLE OF MAN / LIEUTENANT TURCOPOLIER OF THE ORDER OF THE KNIGHTS OF ST JOHN OF JERUSALEM. / BORN 1771. DIED 1847 / SOLDIER, AUTHOR, PHILANTHROPIST. / HE FOUNDED IN THE YEAR 1824 THE ROYAL NAVAL LIFE BOAT INSTITUTION / AND IN 1832 BUILT THE TOWER OF REFUGE IN DOUGLAS BAY. / FEARLESS HIMSELF IN THE WORK OF RESCUE FROM SHIPWRECK HE HELPED SAVE 305 LIVES / AND WAS THREE TIMES AWARDED THE GOLD MEDAL OF THE INSTITUTION FOR GREAT GALLANTRY. / WHAT HIS WISDOM PLANNED AND POWER ENFORCED / MORE POTENT STILL HIS GREAT EXAMPLE SHOWED. THOMSON'

Details

Description: Vault covered by a slab and enclosed by railings, with the badge of the RNLI on the side of the structure.
Type: Vault
Position: Churchyard

People

Hillary, William
Age: 76
Date of Death: 5/1/1847
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Philanthropist
Organisation: Royal National Lifeboat Institutions

Extra

Notes: On the centenary of the RNLI in 1924 the Hillary vault was restored, and the inscription added.
Bibliography: David Saunders 'Maritime Memorials & Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996) p. 133; Robert Kelly 'For those in Peril: The Life and times of Sir William Hillary the founder of the R.N.L.I.' (1979, Douglas), pp.140-142.
Recorder: B. Tomlinson
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters