Tomb with effigy at St Peter’s Church, Yoxall, Staffordshire commemorating Admiral Henry Meynell d. 1865
Location
St Peter's Church, Yoxall, Staffordshire, England
Transcript
'TO THE HONOUR OF GOD AND IN SACRED REMEMBRANCE OF / ADMIRAL HENRY MEYNELL / SECOND SON OF HUGO MEYNELL ESQR. AND THE HON. ELIZABETH INGRAM THIRD DAUGHTER AND COHEIRESS OF CHARLES IX VISCOUNT IRWIN / FROM HIS EARLIES YEARS BROUGHT UP IN THE SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY HE WAS EQUALLY BELOVED AND RESPECTED IN HIS PROFESSION WHILE THE KINDNESS OF HIS HEART AND HIS MANLY AND UPRIGHT CHARACTER ENDEARED HIM TO HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS / EVER SOLICITOUS TO HELP FORWARD ALL GOOD AND USEFUL WORKS HE ANXIOUSLY SOUGHT TO PROMOTE THE HAPPINESS AND WELL BEING OF OTHERS / DEEPLY LAMENTED HE DIED AT PARIS IN THE LXXIV YEAR OF HIS AGE MARCH XXIV MDCCCLXV / THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY HIS NIECES LOUISA MEYNELL INGRAM AND GEORGIANA MEYNELL INGRAM IN LOVING COMMEMORATION OF HIS VIRTUES AND AS A TRIBUTE OF THEIR HEARTFELT AFFLICTION. / 'AND SO HE BRINGETH THEM TO THE HAVEN WHERE THEY WOULD BE.'
Details
Type: Tomb
Materials: Marble
Artists: Carlo Marochetti
People
Age: 74
Date of Death: 24/3/1865
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy