Memorial: M3185

Wall tablet at St Ann’s Church, Portsmouth Dockyard to Captain William Tenby Broughton RN d. 1849

Location

St Ann's Church, Naval Dockyard, Portsmouth, England

Transcript

'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / CAPTAIN WILLIAM BROUGHTON, R.N. / WHO DIED AT TENBY AFTER A SHORT ILLNESS, / ON THE 17TH AUGUST, 1849, AGED 44 YEARS, / LEAVING A WIDOW AND SIX DAUGHTERS / TO DEPLORE HIS LOSS. / HE WAS THE ONLY SON OF CAPT. W.R. BROUGHTON, C.B. / (WHO CIRCUMNAVIGATED THE WORLD WITH VANCOUVER), / AND WAS AN OFFICER HIGHLY DISTINGUISHED / IN HIS PROFESSION / FOR HIS SERVICES IN THE BURMESE WAR / AND FOR A GALLANT, SKILLFULLY CONDUCTED / AND SUCCESSFUL ACTION, / FOUGHT BY HIM IN COMMAND OF H.M.S. PRIMROSE. / WITH THE SPANISH SLAVE SHIP VELOZ PASSAGERA / OF GREATLY SUPERIOR FORCE, / ON WHICH OCCASION CAPTAIN BROUGHTON / WAS SEVERELY WOUNDED. / HE SUBSEQUENTLY SERVED IN COMMAND H.M. SHIPS / PEARL, SAMARANG, PRESIDENT, AND CURACOA / IN PRIVATE LIFE / HIS AMIABLE AND GENEROUS DISPOSITION / GAINED HIM THE ESTEEM OF ALL WHO KNEW HIM. / ERECTED A.D. 1850 BY / CHARLES TALBOT, EDWARD H. BUTTERFIELD / JAMES R. POWER, CAPTAINS, R.N. / AND / JOHN BARROW, ADMIRALTY'

Details

Type: Tablet
Materials: Marble
Vessel: HMS Primrose

People

Broughton, William Tenby
Age: 44
Date of Death: 17/8/1849
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: 'Tablets in the Dockyard Chapel, Portsmouth', 'Nautical Magazine' vol. 19, p. 707 (London, 1850).
Recorder: B. Tomlinson
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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