Memorial: M5603

Wall tablet in Butleigh, Somerset to Admiral Sir Arthur William Acland Hood d. 1901,

Location

St Leonard's Church, Butleigh, Somerset, England

Transcript

'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF ADMIRAL / SIR ARTHUR WILLIAM ACLAND HOOD / BARON HOOD OF AVALON G.C.B. / THIRD SON OF SIR ALEXANDER HOOD / OF WOOTON HOUSE IN THIS PARISH / BARONET. BY AMELIA ANNE HIS WIFE / DAUGHTER OF SIR HUGH BATEMAN OF / HARTINGTON HALL CO. DERBY. BARONET / HE SERVED IN SYRIA, THE CRIMEA AND CHINA / AND WAS SOMETIME A.D.C. TO H.M. QUEEN VICTORIA / DIRECTOR OF NAVAL ORDNANCE, COMMANDER / OF THE CHANNEL SQUADRON AND A LORD / COMMISSIONER OF THE ADMIRALTY. HE / RAISED AND COMMANDED THE GLASTONBURY / VOLUNTEERS IN 1859. BORN AT BATH JULY 14TH / 1824. DIED AT WOOTON HOUSE NOV. 16TH 1901. / I HEARD A VOICE FROM HEAVEN SAYING UNTO ME: / WRITE: FROM HENCEFORTH BLESSED ARE THE / DEAD WHICH DIE IN THE LORD. EVEN SO SAITH THE / SPIRIT - FOR THEY REST FROM THEIR LABOURS. / ERECTED BY HIS WIDOW LADY HOOD OF AVALON.'

Details

Description: The Hood arms and supporters above the inscription. This is placed within a border of oak leaves, with roundels of angel musicians in the corners and an anchor below. The names of Hood's ships are inscribed on ribbons as follows: 'HMS EXCELLENT 1800 HMS PYLADES 1802, HMS ACORN 1850, HMS MINOTAUR 1870, HMS MONARCH 1874.'

Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Brass
Vessel: HMS Acorn

Event

Second Opium War

Event Date

1856 - 1860

Event Category

19th century conflicts in Asia

People

Hood, Arthur William Acland
Age: 77
Date of Death: 16/11/1901
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Photographer: Anne Michell

JSON

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