Memorial tablet in Westminster Abbey commemorating Vice-Admiral Sir Henry Blackwood RN d. 1832
Location
Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England
Transcript
'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / VICE ADMIRAL THE HONOURABLE / SIR HENRY BLACKWOOD, BART K.C.B., G.C.H. / WHO DIED DECR THE 13TH 1832, AGED SIXTY THREE YEARS, / FIFTY ONE OF WHICH HE HAD SPENT / IN THE ACTIVE SERVICE OF HIS PROFESSION / DISTINGUISHED BY HIS ENERGY, PROMPTITUDE AND BRAVERY / QUALITIES WHICH DERIVED ADDITIONAL LUSTRE / FROM THE VIRTUES WHICH ADORNED / HIS PERSONAL CHARACTER; / WITH VALOUR COMBINING A STRONG SENSE OF RELIGION / AND THE ELEVATION OF AN UPRIGHT NOBLE MIND / WITH ALL THE ENDEARING FEELINGS OF A / MANLY, GENEROUS AND BENEVOLENT HEART. / THIS TRIBUTE OF SORROW AND AFFECTION / TO THE MEMORY OF ONE SO JUSTLY HONORED AND BELOVED / IS OFFERED BY HIS DEEPLY AFFLICTED WIDOW / AND HIS SURVIVING CHILDREN'
Details
Type: Monument
Position: North transept, west aisle
Date Erected: 1832
Artists: William Behnes
People
Age: 63
Date of Death: 17/12/1832
Cause of Death: Typhus or scarlet fever
Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Bibliography: Rupert Gunnis 'Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851' (London, 1964).
Recorder: B. Tomlinson 1981