Memorial in St Nicholas Church, Montgomery, Powys commemorating Admiral Charles Thomas Jones d. 1853
Location
St Nicholas Church, Montgomery, Powys, Wales
Transcript
‘REAR ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE / OF FFONFRAITH IN THIS COUNTY, / WHO DIED ON THE 4TH APRIL 1853, IN 76TH YEAR OF HIS AGE / HE ENTERED THE Navy 2ND MAY 1791. / SERVED ON BOARD LEVIATHAN 74, LORD HUGH SEYMOUR / AND WAS PRESENT AT THE TAKING OF TOULON, IN AUGUST 1793, /WAS WOUNDED ON BOARD THE SAME SHIP IN LORD HOWE'S ACTION, 1ST JUNE 1794 / AND IN THE SANS PAREIL, 80 / PARTICIPATED IN THE ACTION FOUGHT OFF ILE DE GROIX, 23 JUNE 1795. / HE COMMANDED THE HARRIER SLOOP OF WAR, 18 GUNS / ON THE NORTH AMERICA AND WEST INDIA STATION. / WAS PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF POST CAPTAIN, 12 AUGUST 1819, AND ATTAINED THAT OF REAR ADMIRAL IN SEPTEMBER 1851. / ALSO OF JANE HELEN MELVILLE / WIFE OF THE ABOVE / WHO DIED APRIL 1ST 1833, AGED 36 YEARS / ALSO OF / CHARLES SALTOUN, SON OF THE ABOVE / WHO DIED 15TH SEPTEMBER 1842, AGED 22 YEARS, / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED TO THEIR MEMORY / BY THE THREE SURVIVING SONS’
Details
Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Marble
People
Age: 76
Date of Death: 4/4/1853
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Blue
Organisation: Royal Navy