Memorial in St Mary’s Church, Fort St George, Chennai (Madras) India, commemorating Vice-Admiral Sir Samuel Hood, RN d. 1814.
Location
St Mary's Church, Fort St George, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Rest of the World
Transcript
'NEAR THIS PLACE ARE LAID THE REMAINS OF / VICE-ADMIRAL SIR SAMUEL HOOD, / KNIGHT OF THE BATH AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF / HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S SHIPS IN THE EAST INDIES / AN OFFICER OF DISTINGUISHED MERIT, WHOSE GREAT PUBLIC SERVICES / WILL LIVE IN THE ANNALS OF HIS COUNTRY / BUT IN THE AFFECTIONATE MEMORY OF HIS FRIENDS WERE LOST IN THE RECOLLECTION OF / HIS PRIVATE VIRTUES.'
Details
Description: Sarcophagus-shaped white marble wall tablet with guilloche decoration
Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Marble
Artists: Francis Legatt Chantrey
Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Marble
Artists: Francis Legatt Chantrey
People
Hood, Samuel
Age: c. 51 - 52
Date of Death: 1814
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy
Age: c. 51 - 52
Date of Death: 1814
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Ordered by Lady Hood March 12 1818.
Bibliography: 'List of Statues, Monuments and Busts Erected in Madras' (Madras, 1898) pp. 14f; Alison Yarrington, Ilene D. Lieberman, Alex Potts and Malcolm Baker 'An Edition of the Ledger of Sir Francis Chantrey R.A...', 'The Fifty Sixth Volume of the Walpole Society' p. 50 (1991-1992)
Daniel A. Baugh, Michael Duffy, ‘Hood, Samuel, first Viscount Hood (1724–1816)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2009 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/13678, accessed 7 June 2017]
Bibliography: 'List of Statues, Monuments and Busts Erected in Madras' (Madras, 1898) pp. 14f; Alison Yarrington, Ilene D. Lieberman, Alex Potts and Malcolm Baker 'An Edition of the Ledger of Sir Francis Chantrey R.A...', 'The Fifty Sixth Volume of the Walpole Society' p. 50 (1991-1992)
Daniel A. Baugh, Michael Duffy, ‘Hood, Samuel, first Viscount Hood (1724–1816)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2009 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/13678, accessed 7 June 2017]