Memorial: M5139

Window in St Nicholas’s Church, Chawton, Hampshire, dedicated to Captain Benjamin Clement RN d. 1835

Location

St Nicholas's Church, Chawton, Hampshire, England

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF BENJAMIN CLEMENT CAPTAIN RN BORN MARCH 29TH 1785 DIED NOV 5TH 1835 ALSO OF ANN MARY HIS WIFE BORN SEPTR 22ND 1787 DIED AUG 30TH 1858'

Details

Description: Lancet window depicting the annunciation. Damaged by thieves in 1977 and repaired locally.
Type: Window
Materials: Stained glass
Date Erected: 1889

People

Clement, Benjamin
Age: 50
Date of Death: 5/11/1835
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Captain Clement married Ann Mary Prowting, a friend and neighbour of Jane Austen. He is believed to have carried one of Jane Austen's last letters from Winchester to a Mrs Tilson (Ref. letters of J.A. Deirdre Le Faye).
Recorder: Pam Morrison, The Arts Society (NADFAS)

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