Memorial: M567

Wall tablet in New Calton Burying Ground, Edinburgh commemorating Rear-Admiral Andrew Smith d. 1831

Location

New Calton Burying Ground, Edinburgh, Scotland

Transcript

'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY / OF / REAR ADMIRAL ANDREW SMITH / WHO DIED 29 SEP 1831 AGED 69 YEARS / AND / MARIA HULKE / HIS WIFE / WHO DIED 27 FEB 1834 AGED 59 YEARS / ALSO THEIR DAUGHTERS / MARIA / WHO DIED 27 DEC 1828 AGED 32 YEARS / AND MARGARET ANNE / WHO DIED 20 APRIL 1889 AGED 87 YEARS / ALSO ELIZABETH / HIS SISTER / WHO DIED AUG 1847 AGED 80 YEARS'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Sandstone

People

Smith, Andrew
Age: 69
Date of Death: 29/9/1831
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER
Recorder: John Steele 1988

JSON

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