Memorial: M505

Memorial in Bath Abbey, Bath dedicated to Admiral Phillips Cosby d. 1808

Location

Bath Abbey, Bath, England

Transcript

'NEAR THIS PLACE / ARE DEPOSITED THE REMAINS OF / PHILLIPS COSBY ESQUIRE / ADMIRAL OF THE RED / AS A NAVAL COMMANDER/HE WAS DISTINGUISHED BY NATIVE VALOUR / PROFESSIONAL SKILL AND ACCUMULATED EXPERIENCE / AS A MAN / HE UNITED TO THE MORE ENOBLING VIRTUES / OF THE MIND / THE MILD AND ENDEARING QUALITIES / OF THE HEART / AND CONTINUED TO DISPLAY THEM ALL / TO THE CLOSE OF HIS VENERABLE LIFE / THUS PREPARED BY A LONG COURSE OF HABITUAL GOODNESS / FOR HIS ETERNAL ALLOTMENT / HE DIED SUDDENLY THE 10th JANUARY 1808 / IN THE 78TH YEAR OF HIS AGE / TO PERPETUATE/HIS REVERED NAME AND HONOURED CHARACTER / HIS AFFLICTED WIDOW ERECTS/THIS MARBLE'

Details

Vessel: HMS Robust

People

Cosby, Phillips
Age: 77
Date of Death: 10/1/1808
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Red
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Colin Harris

JSON

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