Monument in St Clement, Cornwall commemorating Rear-Admiral Robert Reynolds d. 1811 in the loss of HMS ‘St George’
Location
St Clements Church, St Clement, Cornwall, England
Transcript
'THIS . HUMBLE . TRIBUTE . OF . FRIENDSHIP . IS . INSCRIBED . TO . THE . MEMORY . OF / REAR . ADMIRAL . ROBERT . CARTHEW . REYNOLDS . ESQRE . / WHO . AFTER . A . LONG . LIFE . OF . ARDUOUS . AND . HONOURABLE . SERVICE . WAS / SHIPWRECKED . AND . PERSIHED . WITH . HIS . OFFICERS . AND . CREW . ON BOARD . / H.M.S: S. GEORGE OF 98 GUNS . ON . THE . COAST . OF . JUTLAND . ON . THE . 24TH DEC. 1811 / THIS . MELANCHOLY . EVENT . WAS DEEPLY . FELT THROUGHOUT . ENGLAND / AND . OVERWHELMED . IN . AFFLICTION . HIS . FAMILY . AND . FRIENDS.'
Details
Description: Medallion portrait. Relief of a soldier pointing to a monument on which is depicted the wreck of the 'St George'.
Type: Monument
Date Erected: 1816
Artists: Micali
Vessel: HMS St George
Type: Monument
Date Erected: 1816
Artists: Micali
Vessel: HMS St George
People
Reynolds, Robert Carthew
Age:
Date of Death: 24/12/1811
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy
Age:
Date of Death: 24/12/1811
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Signed by the artist 'Micali direxit Liburni 1816'.
Bibliography: Rupert Gunnis 'Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851' (London, 1964).
Bibliography: Rupert Gunnis 'Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851' (London, 1964).