Memorial: M5965

Wall monument in All Saints’ Church, Eastchurch, Kent commemorating Vice-Admiral Sir Richard King, Commander-in-Chief, East Indies, d. 1834

Location

All Saints Church, Eastchurch, Kent, England

Details

Description: White marble against a grey background. A relief shows a warship draped with a sail.
Type: Wall monument
Position: North wall of chancel
Materials: White marble
Artists: C. Thompson
Vessel: HMS ‘Sirius’, HMS ‘Achille'

Event

Battle of Trafalgar

Event Date

1805

Event Category

1793-1802 French Revolutionary Wars; 1803-1815 Napoleonic Wars

People

King, Sir Richard
Age: 61 years
Date of Death: 1834
Cause of Death: cholera
Rank / Occupation: Vice-Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Died at the Admiralty House, Sheerness, 5th August 1834, aged 61 years. King distinguished himself as Captain of the Sirius Frigate; he commanded the ‘Achille', 74 guns, at the Battle of Trafalgar and in 1816 was appointed Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies.
Bibliography: John Newman 'Buildings of England: North East and East Kent' p 291 (Penguin, 1969)

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters