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Memorial: M5939

Memorial in Highgate Cemetery commemorating John Dinnen, Chief Inspector of Machinery afloat d. 1866

Location

Highgate Cemetery, Highgate, London, England

Transcript

'In Memory of / JOHN DINNEN, Esq., / of the Admiralty / Whitehall / Chief Inspector of / Steam Machinery afloat, / of Her Majesty's Fleets and Dockyards / Captain R.N., / Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, / Member of the Institution of Naval Architects, / Born 25th January 1807 / Died 4th January 1866 / A good and affectionate son and a kind brother / “Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord” Rev. XIV 13 / A man of / multifarious knowledge / A profound scholar / of bountiful charity, / of faithful integrity, / An ornament to the profession he chose; / It is to be deplored that this gentleman / Should have met his death / by accident in the midst of his hard labours, / Having devoted a life of 39 years in bringing / Her Majesty's Steam Navy / to its present important position amongst nations'

Details

People

Dinnen, John
Age: 39
Date of Death: 4/1/1866
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN; engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Dinnen died of a cerebral haemorrhage after being knocked down by a cab horse at Charing Cross. 'The coroner ... stated that several eminent men who were wrapped up in thought had met with similar deaths', 'The Times' 9 January 1866
Bibliography: Frederick Teague Cansick 'Epitaphs of Middlesex' (London, 1869) vol ii, p. 144.
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