Memorial: M3151

Memorial in the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Monmouth commemorating Joseph Price HEIC d. 1796

Location

Church of St Mary the Virgin, Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales

Transcript

'Sacred to the Memory / of JOSEPH PRICE, son of THOMAS PRICE of this Town. / He was born in the Year 1726 and died 3rd of June 1796. / He was endowed by nature with extraordinary talents and possessed in an eminent degree / Fortitude, Courage and Intrepidity. / He had a comprehensive mind, a clear understanding, a fervid imagination, and enterprising / spirit. / He went to India when young, and by the exertion of those talents he raised himself to / independence and a conspicuous rank in life. In the war with France, 1778 he commanded / two forty gun ships which were equipped to aid the King's squadron. On this service he acquitted / himself with great credit and to the entire satisfaction of the Government and of His Majesty's / Naval commander. He was afterwards appointed by the East India Company the Office / of Marine Pay Master and Naval Store Keeper which he discharged with faithfulness and ability. / He was brave and humane, just, faithful and generous. / He lived honoured and respected by his friends / and died sincerely regretted by all who knew him'

Details

Description: Relief above the inscription tablet showing two cherubs, one hoisting sail and the other wearing a helmet and holding a caduceus representing trade. The inscription flanked by pilasters with anthemion motifs above.
Type: Wall memorial
Position: North side of nave
Materials: Marble
Artists: Richard Westmacott

People

Price, Joseph
Age: 70
Date of Death: 3/6/1796
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Honourable East India Company

Extra

Notes: Sighted 2011, B Tomlinson.
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS) 1987
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters