Memorial in the Church of St Margaret with St Andrew, Littleham, Devon commemorating Lady Frances Nelson d. 1831
Location
Church of St Margaret with St Andrew, Littleham, Devon, England
Transcript
'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / FRANCES HERBERT / VISCOUNTESS NELSON - DUCHESS OF BRONTI / WIDOW OF THE LATE ADMIRAL-LORD VISCOUNT NELSON / AND TO HER SON JOSIAH NISBET ESQ. / CAPTAIN IN THE ROYAL NAVY, / WHOM SHE SURVIVED ELEVEN MONTHS / AND DIED IN LONDON MAY 6TH 1831 / AGED 73 YEARS / THIS HUMBLE OFFERING OF AFFECTION / IS ERECTED BY FRANCES HERBERT NISBET / IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF MORE VIRTUES / WHICH ADORNED A KIND MOTHER-IN-LAW / AND A GOOD HUSBAND.'
Details
Type: Tomb
Position: Churchyard
Position: Churchyard
People
Nelson, Frances Herbert
Age: 73
Date of Death: 6/5/1831
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Wife of Lord Nelson
Organisation: Unknown
Nisbet, Josiah
Age: 50
Date of Death: 14/7/1830
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain
Organisation: Royal Navy
Age: 73
Date of Death: 6/5/1831
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Wife of Lord Nelson
Organisation: Unknown
Nisbet, Josiah
Age: 50
Date of Death: 14/7/1830
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain
Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Grave restored by Exmouth White Ensign Society.
Bibliography: Nikolaus Pevsner 'Buildings of England: South Devon' (Harmondsworth, 1952); E.M. Keate 'Nelson's Wife; the first biography of Frances Herbert Viscountess Nelson' (London, 1939).
Bibliography: Nikolaus Pevsner 'Buildings of England: South Devon' (Harmondsworth, 1952); E.M. Keate 'Nelson's Wife; the first biography of Frances Herbert Viscountess Nelson' (London, 1939).