Wall tablet in Ripon Cathedral, North Yorkshire commemorating Commander John Elliot RN d. 1834

Location

Cathedral, Ripon, North Yorkshire, England

Transcript

'TO THE MEMORY OF THE LATE JOHN ELLIOTT ESQRE OF ELLIOTT HOUSE, NEAR RIPON, COMMANDER R.N; / HAVING ENTERED THE NAVAL SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY EARLY IN LIFE, HE CIRCUMNAVIGATED / THE GLOBE AS A MIDSHIPMAN IN THE RESOLUTION, UNDER THE COMMAND OF THE CELEBRATED / CAPT. COOK, HE SUBSEQUENTLY SERVED AS A LIEUT. OF THE AJAX, OF 74 GUNS; AND WAS PRESENT IN / LORD RODNEY'S GLORIOUS ACTION, ON THE 12TH APRIL, 1782; IN WHICH HE WAS SEVERELY WOUNDED. / HE RESIDED AT ELLIOTT HOUSE MANY YEARS. GREATLY RESPECTED FOR HIS STRICT INTEGRITY AND / UPRIGHTNESS, IN ALL RELATIONS OF LIFE. HE WAS BORN JANY.11TH 1759; AND DIED SEPR. 17TH 1834. / ALSO TO THE MEMORY OF ISABELLA ELLIOTT, HIS BELOVED WIFE, WHO WAS BORN NOVR. 22ND 1762; / AND DIED JULY 9TH 1841; GENERALLY RESPECTED FOR HER AMIABILITY AND DOMESTIC VIRTUES. / LIKEWISE TO THE MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING CHILDREN OF THE ABOVE. / CHARLES FREDERICK ELLIOTT, BORN MAY 17TH 1790; AND DIED JANUARY 4TH 1791. / GILBERT ELLIOTT, BORN FEBRUARY 15TH 1795; AND DIED MAY 17TH 1795. MARIA ELLIOTT, BORN NOVEMBER 14TH 1797; / AND DIED SEPTEMBER 5TH 1800. / CHARLES BOWES ELLIOTT, BORN JULY 25TH 1791; AND DIED AT DURHAM, NOVEMBER 2ND 1801. / CHARLOTTE ELEANOR ELLIOTT, BORN OCTOBER 4TH 1803; AND DIED APRIL 17 1812 / FREDERICK EDMUND ELLIOTT, BORN NOVEMBER 1ST 1808; AND DIED JUNE 18TH 1821. / ANNA MARIA, THE BELOVED WIFE OF THE REV. WILLIAM HOUGH, INCUMBENT OF HAMBLETON, IN/THE COUNTY OF LANCASTER, BORN OCTOBER 18TH 1802; AND DIED DEEPLY LAMENTED, NOVR.18TH 1844. / SIBELLA BORN JUNE 28TH 1789; AND DIED MAY 17TH 1850 / THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY JOHN BARDOE ELLIOTT ESQR. ELDEST SON OF THE ABOVE JOHN AND ISABELLA ELLIOTT AS A MARK OF FILIAL AFFECTION'

Details

Event

Battle of the Saints

Event Date

1782

Event Category

1775-1783 American Revolutionary War

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