Gravestone at St Michael’s Church, Inveresk commemorating Admiral Sir David Milne d. 1845, Admiral of the Fleet Alexander Milne d. 1896 and Admiral Sir Alexander Berkeley Milne d. 1838
Location
St Michael's Church, Inveresk, East Lothian, Scotland
Transcript
'HERE ALSO LIE INTERRED / DAVID MILNE OF CAMPIE HOUSE / DIED 4TH JUNE 1818 AGED 84 YEARS / FATHER OF THOMAS MILNE / ADMIRAL SIR DAVID G.C.B., K.S.J., K.W.N. / DIED AT SEA 5TH MAY 1845 AGED 82 YEARS / 66 YEARS IN THE ROYAL NAVY / AGNES STEPHEN HIS SECOND WIFE / DIED AT INVERESK 27TH JAN. 1862 AGED 84 YEARS / DAUGHTER OF / GEORGE STEPHEN ESQ. OF GRENADA / ALEXANDER DAVID MILNE / ELDER SON OF / REAR ADMIRAL SIR ALEXANDER MILNE K.C.B. / DIED 7TH SEPTEMBER 1860 AGED 9 YEARS / EUPHEMIA BELOVED WIFE OF / ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET SIR ALEXANDER MILNE / BARONET G.C.B., K.C.B. / DIED 17 OCT. 1899 AGED 81 YEARS / DAUGHTER OF ARCHIBALD COCHRAN OF ASHKIRK / ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET / SIR ALEXANDER MILNE BART. G.C.B., K.C.B. / SECOND SON OF ADMIRAL SIR DAVID MILNE G.C.B. / DIED AT INVERESK 29TH DEC. 1896 AGED 90 YEARS / 60 YEARS IN THE ROYAL NAVY / HIS YOUNGER SON / ADMIRAL SIR ARCHIBALD BERKELEY MILNE / BART. G.C.V.O., K.C.B. / DIED 4TH JULY 1938 AGED 83 YEARS / HIS DAUGHTER / GRACE ALICE MILNE / DIED 17TH APRIL 1945 AGED 91 YEARS'
Details
Type: Headstone
Position: North west corner of churchyard
Materials: Sandstone
People
Age: 82
Date of Death: 5/5/1845
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy
Milne, Alexander
Age: 90
Date of Death: 29/12/1896
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Fleet
Organisation: Royal Navy
Milne, Archibald Berkeley
Age: 83
Date of Death: 4/7/1938
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Recorder: David Steele 1988