Memorial: M5929

Memorial at Highgate Cemetery commemorating Commander Richard Murdoch Robertson RN d. 1852

Location

Highgate Cemetery, Highgate, London, England

Transcript

'To the memory / of / RICHARD MURDOCH ROBERTSON, Esqre., / a Commander in the Royal Navy. / Born at Portsmouth on the 17th November, 1809. / Died at Edinburgh August 10th, 1852. / His surviving brothers and sisters have erected / this memorial as a token / of the affection they bore him. / Eheu! Eheu! Frater noster. / Within the same tomb / as her uncle / repose the remains of / EDITH MARION ROBERTSON / the youngest and beloved child of / Henry Robertson, Esqre., of Hampstead. / She was born Jany. 27th, 1844, / and died 29th May 1855. / Why should I murmur? It is God's will.'

Details

People

Robertson, Richard Murdoch
Age: 42
Date of Death: 10/8/1852
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: Frederick Teague Cansick 'Epitaphs of Middlesex' (London, 1869) vol ii, p. 70.

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters