Wall tablet in Bath Abbey, Bath commemorating Admiral Sir William Hargood, d. 1839.
Location
Bath Abbey, Bath, England
Transcript
'NEAR THIS SPOT ARE DEPOSITED THE MORTAL REMAINS OF / ADMIRAL SIR WILLIAM HARGOOD G.C.B. AND G.C.H. / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON THE 12TH DAY OF DECEMBER 1839, AGED 79 YEARS / AFTER HAVING SERVED HIS SOVEREIGN AND HIS COUNTRY / WITH ZEAL AND FIDELITY FOR SEVENTY YEARS. / HE WAS A LIEUTENANT ON BOARD THE MAGNIFICENT OF 74 GUNS / WHICH BORE A SHARE IN THE GLORIOUS ACTION BETWEEN RODNEY AND DE GRASSE ON THE 12TH APRIL 1782, / HE AFTERWARDS SERVED ACTIVELY IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE WORLD/ D URING THE WAR WHICH FOLLOWED THE REVOLUTION IN FRANCE / AND HE COMMANDED THE BELLEISLE OF 80 GUNS IN THE MEMORABLE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR / WHERE HE EMINENTLY DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF. / IN THE YEAR 1810 HE OBTAINED THE RANK OF REAR ADMIRAL / AND WAS EMPLOYED AT PORTSMOUTH AND GUERNSEY DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE WAR. / IN APRIL 1833 HE WAS APPOINTED COMMANDER IN CHIEF AT PLYMOUTH / AND REMAINED THERE UNTIL RELIEVED AT THE EXPIRATION OF THE USUAL PERIOD OF SERVICE IN 1836. / HE SERVED AS A LIEUTENANT WITH HIS LATE MAJESTY WILLIAM THE FOURTH AND WAS AFTERWARDS ALWAYS HONOURED WITH THE GRACIOUS KINDNESS AND FRIENDSHIP OF THE MONARCH, / NOR SHOULD HIS PRIVATE VIRTUES PASS UNNOTICED. / EXEMPLARY IN CHARACTER IN THE VARIOUS DUTIES OF SOCIAL AND DOMESTIC LIFE / HE WAS BELOVED BY ALL AROUND HIM. / KIND AND CONSIDERATE TO THE DISTRESSED HIS BENEVOLENCE ACTIVE AS UNOSTENTATIOUS / WAS AT ALL TIMES ADMINISTERED WITH CHRISTIAN FEELING / AND HE WILL LONG SURVIVE IN THE MEMORY OF A NUMEROUS CIRCLE OF FRIENDS, WHO KNEW AND VALUED HIM / AND DEEPLY LAMENT THE LOSS THEY HAVE SUSTAINED. / THIS TABLET IS CONSECRATED TO THE MEMORY OF A KIND AND AFFECTIONATE HUSBAND / BY HIS ATTACHED AND SORROWING WIDOW MARIA HARGOOD / DAUGHTER OF THOMAS SOMERS COCKS ESQ. / AND GRANDAUGHTER OF ALEXANDER THISTLETHWAYTE OF SOUTHWICK PARK HANTS. ESQ / AD 1840'
Details
Type: Wall tablet
Position: Nave
Materials: Marble
Vessel: HMS Belleisle
Event
Battle of Trafalgar
Event Date
1805
Event Category
1803-1815 Napoleonic War
People
Age: 79
Date of Death: 12/12/1839
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Photographer: B. Tomlinson