Memorial: M925

Memorial at Highgate Cemetery, London commemorating Admiral George Waldegrave, Lord Radstock d. 1857

Location

Highgate Cemetery, Highgate, London, England

Transcript

'But thanks be to God / who giveth us the victory / through our Lord Jesus Christ. / Sacred to the Memory of / GRANVILLE GEORGE / Lord RADSTOCK, C.B., / Vice-Admiral of the Red; / Born September 24th, 1786; / Died May 11th; 1857 / Distinguished by the calm courage, and / rare simplicity and truthfulness of character; / in early life his energies were devoted to the / service of his country in war; / in after-life his time and resources were consecrated / to the present and eternal welfare of his fellow / countrymen and comrades. / He trusted not, however, to his own merits; / all his hope was / fixed on his Saviour's cross'

Details

People

Waldegrave, George
Age: 70
Date of Death: 11/5/1857
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Lord Radstock. Served in the Peninsular War. Concluded a treaty with Ali Pasha in 1810. His library on Naval History was left to the Royal United Service Institution.
Bibliography: Hugh Meller 'London cemeteries: an illustrated guide and gazetteer' (Amersham, 1981; Frederick Teague Cansick 'Epitaphs of Middlesex' (London, 1869) vol ii, p. 120
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