Memorial: M3195

Monument in St Ann’s Church, Portsmouth Dockyard commemorating Rear-Admiral Sir Frederick Lewis Maitland d. 1839

Location

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

Transcript

'TO THE MEMORY OF / REAR ADMIRAL SIR FREDERICK LEWIS MAITLAND K.C.B., ST., F.M., AND R.M..R.G. / THIS GALLANT AND DISTINGUISHED OFFICER WAS MOST ACTIVELY EMPLOYED / DURING THE WHOLE PERIOD OF HIS CAREER AND SERVED IN EVERY CLIME. / HE ENTERED THE NAVAL SERVICE EARLY IN LIFE, / WAS A MIDSHIPMAN ON BOARD THE SOUTHAMPTON IN THE ACTION OF THE 1ST JUNE 1794, / COMMANDED A DIVISION OF GUNBOATS IN EGYPT IN 1801, AND WHEN IN COMMAND / OF THE BELLEROPHON OFF ROCHFORT, NAPOLEON BUONAPARTE, AFTER HIS DEFEAT AT WATERLOO, / SURRENDERED TO HIM ON THE 15TH JULY 1815. / HE WAS AN ADMIRAL SUPERINTENDENT OF PORTSMOUTH DOCKYARD FROM THE YEAR 1832 TO 1837 / AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF IN INDIA FROM THAT DATE TO THE PERIOD OF HIS DECEASE. / HE DIED AT SEA OFF BOMBAY, ON THE 30TH NOVEMBER 1839 AGED 62. / IN TESTIMONY OF THEIR DEEP SORROW, AND TO RECORD THEIR ADMIRATION OF HIS TALENTS, / HIS FIRMNESS, HIS GALLANTRY, AND HIS WORTH, / THIS MEMORIAL WAS PLACED HERE BY HIS BROTHER OFFICERS, FOLLOWERS, AND FRIENDS'

Details

Description: Carved with a half-length portrait of Maitland holding a telescope.
Type: Wall monument
Position: Chancel
Materials: Marble
Artists: Thomas Campbell

Event Category

1793-1802 French Revolutionary War

People

Maitland, Frederick Lewis
Age: 62
Date of Death: 30/11/1839
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: 'Illustrated London News' (27 Sept.1845) p. 208.
Recorder: B. Tomlinson
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters