Monument in Hempstead, Essex, dedicated to Admiral Sir Eliab Harvey d. 1830, who served at Trafalgar
Location
St Andrew's Church, Hempstead, Essex, England
Transcript
'TO THE MEMORY OF / ADMIRAL SIR ELIAB HARVEY / KNIGHT GRAND CROSS OF THE BATH, MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT / FOR THIS COUNTY FOR 21 YEARS FROM 1800 TO 1812, / AND FROM 1820 TO 1830, / THIRD SON OF WILLIAM HARVEY ESQ. / OF ROLLS IN THIS COUNTY / AND EMMA HIS WIFE, DAUGHTER AND CO-HEIRESS OF / STEPHEN SKINNER ESQ. / HE WAS BORN ON THE 5TH. DECEMBER 1758 / AND DIED AT ROLLS ON 20TH. OF FEBRUARY, 1830. / HE ENTERED THE NAVY IN THE YEAR 1769 AND WAS IN CONSTANT AND ACTIVE SERVICE IN AMERICA, THE WEST INDIES / AND THE CHANNEL FOR 40 YEARS. HE WAS PARTICULARLY / DISTINGUISHED AT THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR / WHERE HE COMMANDED THE TEMERAIRE OF 98 GUNS WHICH WAS / SELECTED BY LORD NELSON TO BE HIS SUPPORTING SHIP. / HE MARRIED LADY LOUISA NUGENT, YOUNGEST DAUGHTER OF / ROBERT EARL NUGENT BY WHOM HE HAD NINE CHILDREN / 3 SONS WHO DIED IN HIS LIFETIME AND 6 DAUGHTERS WHO SURVIVED HIM. / ALSO TO THE MEMORY OF / WILLIAM HARVEY / YOUNGEST SON OF THE ABOVE ADMIRAL SIR E HARVEY G.C.B. / HE WAS BORN 23RD. OF DECEMBER 1801 AND DIED / ON THE 3RD. OF MARCH 1823'
Details
Type: Free standing monument
Position: West wall, Harvey Chapel
Materials: Marble
Artists: Humphrey Hopper, London
Vessel: HMS Temeraire
Event
Battle of Trafalgar
Event Date
1805
Event Category
1803-1815 Napoleonic War
People
Age:
Date of Death: 20/2/1830
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Bibliography: Julian Litton 'Tombs fit for Kings', 'Church Monuments: Journal of the Church Monuments Society' vol. xiv, p. 118 (London, 1999).
Recorder: A.J. Richardson 1982