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Memorial: M2442

Memorial bust at the Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground, Greenwich commemorating Edward Riddle d. 1854 and John Riddle, d. 1862, both Royal Hospital School

Location

Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground (nurses home), Greenwich, London, England

Transcript

'ERECTED BY OFFICERS / OF THE ROYAL NAVY AND MERCANTILE MARINE / AND MASTERS OF GREENWICH HOSPITAL / AND OTHER NAVIGATION SCHOOLS / ALL OLD PUPILS / TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY / OF / EDWARD RIDDLE ESQ. F.R.A.S. / AND OF / JOHN RIDDLE ESQ. F.R.A.S. / FATHER AND SON / EACH IN SUCCESSION HEADMASTER / OF THE NAUTICAL SCHOOL / OF THE GREENWICH HOSPITAL UPPER SCHOOL / AND / IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF THE CONSTANT / AND EARNEST EFFORTS OF THESE DISTINGUISHED MASTERS / TO APPLY THEIR MATHEMATICAL AND / SCIENTIFIC ATTAINMENTS AND THEIR GREAT / TEACHING POWERS TO THE ADVANCE OF NAVIGATION / AND THE SUCCESS OF THEIR PUPILS. / THE SCHOOL DURING THE YEARS OF THEIR MASTERSHIPS / (1821-62) BECAME THE FOREMOST IN THE KINGDOM / FOR INSTRUCTION IN NAUTICAL SCIENCE.' [base] 'THE BUST OF MR EDWARD RIDDLE / WAS PRESENTED TO HIM BY OLD PUPILS IN 1853 / AND HIS GRANDSON MR E. RIDDLE M.I.E.E.[?]. / GAVE IT TO THE SCHOOL IN 1881'

Details

Description: Plinth surmounted by a bust. The pediment is carved with a sextant and has acroteria on either side. Rope twist round the base.
Type: Tablet
Position: Mausoleum (south wall)
Materials: Marble
Artists: William Theed

People

Riddle, Edward
Age: 68
Date of Death: 31/3/1854
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Royal Hospital School, Greenwich
Riddle, John
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1862
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Royal Hospital School, Greenwich

Extra

Notes: Edward Riddle (1786 - 1854) and his son, John Riddle (1816 - 1862) were headmasters (1841 - 1851 and 1851 - 1862 respectively) at the Royal Hospital School. Both were astronomers, mathemeticians and teachers of navigation.

Public Record Office. Greenwich Hospital Memorial Inscriptions 99618. Bust still on site. There is a second bust on a plinth with the same inscription at the Royal Hospital School, Holbrook, Ipswich, Suffolk. DOSSIER.
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