Memorial: M6588

Memorial at Lichfield Cathedral to Admiral Sir William Parker d. 1866.

Location

Lichfield Cathedral, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England

Transcript

[On wall behind the tomb] ‘IN MEMORY OF SIR WILLIAM PARKER, BARONET, OF SHENSTONE LODGE, / KNIGHT GRAND CROSS OF THE MOST HONOURABLE ORDER OF THE BATH, / ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET, PRINCIPAL NAVAL AIDE-DE-CAMP TO THE QUEEN, / ONE OF THE ELDER BRETHREN OF THE HONOURABLE CORPORATION OF THE TRINITY HOUSE, / THE LAST SURVIVOR OF NELSON’S CAPTAINS. / BORN 1ST DECEMBER, 1781. DIED 13TH NOVEMBER, 1866. / ERECTED BY MANY ATTACHED PROFESSIONAL FOLLOWERS AND FRIENDS / IN ADMIRATION OF HIS STERLING VIRTUES AND EMINENT PUBLIC SERVICES.’

Details

Description: Gothic altar tomb in an arched recess. The front carved with three quatrefoils containing a carving of Christ in majesty in the centre, on each side, an angel with a censer. In two intermediate quatrefoils, shields with the Parker arms impaled with those of Biddulph. An angel is carved at each end, one singing and holding a label inscribed ‘Alleluia’ and the other playing a harp. The jasper marble slab on the top is inlaid with a brass cross surrounded by rope, with an anchor at the foot of the cross which stands on a three-stepped base, engraved with waves and marine animals. Armorials above the inscription on the wall behind - Parker arms and two representations of the badge of the Order of the Bath (military).
Type: Altar tomb
Position: South wall behind the altar
Materials: English alabaster and Pyrrenean jasper
Artists: Scott, George Gilbert [designer]; Poole, Henry & Sons [maker]

Event

First China War

Event Date

1839 - 1842

Event Category

British conflicts in Asia

People

Parker, William
Age: 85
Date of Death: 13/11/1866
Cause of Death: unknown
Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Fleet
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Buried at Shenstone.
Bibliography: Savage, Morris Boscawen ‘Lichfield Cathedral: A history of the Naval and Military Monuments, Memorials and Colours’ (Lichfield, 1967) p. 24.
Photographer: Barbara Tomlinson 2017

JSON

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