Wall tablet in North Mymms, Hertfordshire commemorating Admiral Sir Davidge Gould, d. 1847
Location
St Mary's Church, North Mymms, Hertfordshire, England
Transcript
'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / SIR DAVIDGE GOULD. / OF HAWKSHEAD IN THE COUNTY OF HERTS. / ADMIRAL OF THE RED, / AND VICE ADMIRAL OF ENGLAND. / KNIGHT GRAND CROSS OF THE MOST NOBLE / AND MILITARY ORDER OF THE BATH / YOUNGEST SON OF WILLIAM GOULD ESQRE. / OF SHAMPHAM PARK IN THE COUNTY OF SOMERSET / HE ENTERED THE NAVY AT AN EARLY AGE, / AND SERVED IN THE FIRST AMERICAN WAR, / WAS PRESENT IN RODNEY'S VICTORY OVER COUNT DE GRASSE, / AND COMMANDED SHIPS / AT THE SIEGES / OF BASTIA AND CALVI / IN LORD HOTHAM'S ACTION; / AND THE AUDACIOUS AT THE MEMORABLE BATTLE OF THE NILE / HE LIVED TO BE / THE LAST SURVIVING CAPTAIN OF THIS GREAT VICTORY / AND DIED ON THE 23RD APRIL 1847, IN HIS 90TH YEAR / DEEPLY LAMENTED BY HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS, / AND ABOVE ALL, BY HIS AFFECTIONATE WIDOW / WHO CAUSED THIS MONUMENT TO BE ERECTED. / THEY THAT GO DOWN TO THE SEA IN / SHIPS AND DO BUSINESS IN GREAT WATERS; / THESE SEE THE WORKS OF THE LORD / AND HIS WONDERS IN THE DEEP. PS. CVII.V.23.24'.
Details
Type: Wall tablet
Position: South side of chancel
Materials: Marble
Artists: Denman
Vessel: HMS Audacious
Event
Battle of the Nile
Event Date
1798
Event Category
1793-1802 French Revolutionary War
People
Age: 90
Date of Death: 23/4/1847
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Red; Admiral of England
Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Recorder: J. Wallis
Photographer: B. Tomlinson