Memorial: M560

Wall tablet at Greyfriars churchyard, Edinburgh commemorating Rear-Admiral Charles Douglas d. 1789

Location

Greyfriars churchyard, Edinburgh, Scotland

Transcript

'TO THE REVERED MEMORY OF / REAR ADMIRAL / SIR CHAS DOUGLAS, BART / SON OF / CHAS AYTON DOUGLAS / OF KINGLASSIE / BORN 1727 DIED 1789 / A DISTINGUISHED OFFICER / HE RELIEVED QUEBEC 1778 AND / WHEN CAPT. OF THE FLEET TO / ADL SIR GEORGE RODNEY / IN THE HEAT OF BATTLE FIRST / SUGGESTED THE MANOEUVRE KNOWN / AS THE BREAKING OF THE LINE / 12 APRIL 1782 / INTERRED BESIDE HIS BROTHER / NEAR THIS SPOT.'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: South wall of church
Materials: Grey granite

Event

Battle of the Saints

Event Date

1782

Event Category

American Revolutionary War

People

Douglas, Charles
Age: 62
Date of Death: 3/1789
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: 'Dictionary of National Biography' dismisses this claim to have orginated the manoeuvre to break the line of battle.
Recorder: John Steele, 1988

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