Memorial: M424

Memorial in the Protestant Cemetery, Macau commemorating Captain Sir Humphrey le Fleming Senhouse RN d. 1841

Location

Protestant Cemetery, Macau, China, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of Captain Sir Humphrey le Fleming SENHOUSE R.N. C.B. & K.C.B. of Seascale in the County of Cumberland, Senior Officer in Command in the British Fleet in the China Seas, who died on board H.M.S. 'Blenheim' at Hong Kong on the 13th June 1841, aged 60 years, from the effects of a fever contracted during the zealous performance of his arduous duties at the capture of the heights of Canton in May 1841. This monument was erected in testimony of esteem and respect for their distinguished and lamented chief, by the Officers of the Army and Navy composing the China Expedition in 1841'

Details

Vessel: HMS Blenheim

Event

First China War

Event Date

1840-2

Event Category

19th century conflicts in Asia

People

Senhouse, Humphrey
Age:
Date of Death: 14/6/1841
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Discrepency in the dates of death on Senhouse's two memorials. DNB gives his date of death as 14 June 1841. Opium Wars.
Bibliography: J.H. Braga 'Tombstones in the English Cemeteries in Macau'; Lawrence Phillips 'British and American Naval Tombs on the China Coast', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 67, p. 370 (Greenwich, 1981).

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