Memorial at St Andrew’s Church, Great Finborough, Suffolk commemorating Lieutenant Robert Wollaston, RN, d. 1774
Location
St Andrew's Church, Great Finborough, Suffolk, England
Transcript
‘M.S. / Fratris Charti / ROBERTI WOLLASTON NAVARCI, / Guilielmus Wollaston Armiger, / Frater Natu Maximus / Hujus Manerii Dominus, / Hoc Monumentum / Erigi Curavit / OB: 14 June 1774 / Aet 33’
M.S. Lieutenant Robert Wollaston. Sir William Wollaston, eldest brother, Lord of this manor erected the monument on 14 June 1774.
Details
Description: Circular white marble roundel with surrounding marble or alabaster frame encircling. The text is placed at the centre of a circle of relief carving with numerous naval objects, including an anchor and a pennant. Above the text is a heraldic griffin in a crenelated castle. Below is a coat of arms. The surrounding inner circle has ‘NE QUID FALSI’ around the central text : ’Nothing of what is false.’ A quote referring to Cicero.
Materials: Marble
Materials: Marble
People
Wollaston, Robert
Age: 33
Date of Death: 14/6/1774
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Age: 33
Date of Death: 14/6/1774
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Captain John Hatley’s sister Judith, married Robert Wollaston in 1770. John Hatley sailed with Captain James Cook as a midshipman on Cook’s third voyage in 1776.