Memorial: M4788

Memorial in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London commemorating Rear Admiral Charles Holmes RN d. 1761

Location

Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England

Transcript

'TO THE MEMORY OF CHARLES HOLMES ESQ / REAR ADMIRAL OF THE WHITE. HE DIED THE XXIST / OF NOVEMBER MDCCLXI COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF HIS / MAJESTY'S FLEET STATION'D AT JAMAICA AGE L. / ERECTED BY HIS GRATEFUL NEECES [SIC] MARY STANWIX / AND LUCRETIA SOWLE'

Details

Description: In front of a pyramid shaped back, a full-length figure of Holmes in Roman dress, leaning on a gun draped with an ensign.
Type: Monument
Position: North ambulatory
Materials: Marble
Artists: Joseph Wilton

People

Holmes, Charles
Age: 50
Date of Death: 21/11/1761
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral of the White
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: B. Tomlinson 1982
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

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