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Memorial: M6562

Wall tablet at Holy Trinity Church, Poynings commemorating  Rear-Admiral Sir Alexander Ball d. 1809

Location

Holy Trinity Church, Poynings, East Sussex, England

Transcript

'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / DAME MARY BALL / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON THE 28TH SEPTEMBER 1832 / IN THE 85TH YEAR OF HER AGE / HER REMAINS ARE DEPOSITED IN THE CHANCEL / SHE WAS THE WIDOW OF SIR ALEXANDER BALL BART / CAPTAIN OF H.M. SHIP ALEXANDER / IN THE VICTORY OF THE NILE / AND AFTERWARDS / REAR ADMIRAL OF H.M. RED SQUADRON / AND / GOVERNOR OF THE ISLAND OF MALTA / WHERE HE ENDED AN ACTIVE AND HONOURABLE LIFE / ON THE 25TH OCTOBER 1809 / AGED 52 / THE REMAINS OF ALEXANDER BALL WERE HONOURED / BY A PUBLIC FUNERAL / AND A SPLENDID MAUSOLEUM HAS BEEN RAISED / BY THE MALTESE NATION / TO RECORD THE EMINENT SERVICES RENDERED BY HIM / TO THEIR COUNTRY.'

Details

Description: The inscription on a white tablet on a black baseplate, a draped urn on a plinth above, with a wreath with ribbons below it. The cornice on attached, hexagonal columns.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: Sanctuary, north wall
Materials: Marble

People

Ball, Alexander
Age: 52
Date of Death: 25/10/1809
Cause of Death: unknown
Rank / Occupation: Rear-Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: Nigel Llewellyn 'East Sussex Church Monuments 1530-1830' (Sussex Record Society, 2011)
Recorder: See biblio
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