Memorial in the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Fareham, Hampshire commemorating Admiral Sir Henry Ducie Chads d. 1868 and Admiral Sir Henry Chads d. 1906
Location
Church of St Peter and St Paul, Fareham, Hampshire, England
Transcript
‘SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / ADMIRAL SIR HENRY DUCIE CHADS, / KNIGHT GRAND CROSS OF THE MOST HONOURABLE MILITARY ORDER OF THE BATH, AND A MAGISTRATE FOR THE COUNTY OF HAMPSHIRE / ELDEST SON OF CAPTAIN HENRY CHADS R.N. / BORN 24TH FEBRUARY 1788, DIED 7TH APRIL 1868 / A BRAVE, ENERGETIC, AND ZEALOUS OFFICER. / HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY DURING A LONG LIFE WITH HONOUR AND DISTINCTION. / HIS HIGH PROFESSIONAL CHARACTER WAS EARLY ESTABLISHED / BY HIS GALLANT DEFENCE OF H.M.S. JAVA / AGAINST THE U.S. FRIGATE CONSTITUTION OF VERY SUPERIOR FORCE; / AND HIS EMINENT SERVICES IN COMMAND OF THE NAVAL FORCES IN THE IRRAWADDY / DURING A GREAT PART OF THE FIRST BURMESE WAR / INCREASED HIS REPUTATION. / HIS BRILLIANT CAREER EXTENDED OVER A PERIOD OF 68 YEARS / IN PEACE AND WAR / AND HE RECEIVED THE GOOD SERVICE PENSION SUCCESSIVELY AS A CAPTAIN AND ADMIRAL, / IN RECOGNITION OF HIS MERITS. / HE WAS A SINCERE, PRACTICAL CHRISTIAN / AND WAS ESTEEMED AND RESPECTED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM. / ALSO SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / ELIZABETH TOWNSEND CHADS / BORN 28TH AUGUST 1794, DIED 24TH NOVEMBER 1861, / WHO FOR 46 YEARS WAS THE LOVING WIFE OF THE ABOVE. / AMIABLE AND AFFECTIONATE; / SHE CHEERED AND COMFORTED HIM THROUGH ALL THE VICISSITUDES OF LIFE, / AND WITH HIM HUMBLY WALKED IN THE FEAR OF GOD. / BOTH DIED AS THEY HAD LIVED – IN FAITH AND PEACE. / THEIR MORTAL REMAINS ARE DEPOSITED IN A VAULT IN THIS CHURCHYARD. / IN HONOURED REMEMBRANCE OF PARENTS WHOM THEY DEEPLY LOVED AND REVERED / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY ALL THEIR CHILDREN. / THE MEMORY OF THE JUST IS BLESSED.’ [Below] ‘ ALSO TO THE MEMORY OF ADMIRAL SIR HENRY CHADS K.C.B. / ELDER SON OF ADMIRAL SIR HENRY DUCIE CHADS G.C.B. / BORN 26TH OCTOBER 1819, DIED 29TH JUNE 1906’
Details
Type: Wall tablet
Position: North side of nave
Materials: White marble, black limestone
Vessel: HMS Java
Event
War of 1812, First Burma War
Event Category
1803-1815 Napoleonic War, 19th century conflicts in Asia
People
Age: 80
Date of Death: 1868
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy
Chads, Henry
Age: 87
Date of Death: 1909
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Bibliography: Peter Clissold 'More Memorials in the Solent Area', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 67, p. 369, (Greenwich, 1981).
Recorder: Sighted B. Tomlinson 2018
Photographer: B. Tomlinson