Memorial in All Saints Church, Milford on Sea, Hampshire commemorating Rear-Admiral John Payton d. 1809
Location
All Saints Church, Milford on Sea, Hampshire, England
Transcript
‘SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / JOHN PEYTON ESQRE. / A REAR ADMIRAL OF THE RED SQUADRON / OF HIS MAJESTY’S FLEET. / HE DEPARTED THIS LIFE / AUGUST 2ND A.D. 1809 / AGED 56 YEARS. / HE COMMANDED HIS MAJESTY’S SLOOP THE DEFENCE, OF 74 GUNS, / AT THE EVER MEMORABLE BATTLE OF THE NILE, / ON THE IST OF AUGUST 1798, AND WAS CONSIDERED WITH / ESTEEM AND RESPECT, ON THAT, AS ON ALL OTHER OCCASSIONS / AN HONOUR TO THE PROFESSION TO WHICH HE BELONGED. / LET THOSE WHO KNEW HIM BEST, SPEAK ALL THAT HE WAS, / IN THE DIFFERENT RELATIONS OF DOMESTIC LIFE! / HOW BELOVED, HOW RESPECTED, BY THOSE MOST INTIMATELY / CONNECTED WITH HIM. HE LIVED! AND WHEN IT PLEASED / THE ALMIGHTY TO CALL HIM TO A BETTER WORLD / HOW SINCERELY MOURNED! / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY HIS MEMORY / BY HIS WIDOW, / AS A SINCERE; THOUGH INADIQUATE MARK / OF HER AFFECTION!’
Details
Type: Wall tablet
Position: Interior
Materials: Marble
Vessel: HMS Defence
Event
Battle of the Nile
Event Date
1798
Event Category
1793-1802 French Revolutionary War
People
Age: 56
Date of Death: 2/8/1809
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Rear-Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Bibliography: Hore, Peter 'Nelson's Band of Brothers: Lives and Memorials' (Barnsley, 2015) p. 35