Memorial: M931

Memorial at Kensal Green Cemetery, London commemorating Admiral Sir Robert Otway d. 1846

Location

Kensal Green Cemetery, Kensal Green, London, England

Transcript

'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / ADML. SIR ROBERT WALLER OTWAY, BART. G.C.B. / WHO DIED ON THE 12TH OF MAY 1846 / IN THE SEVENTY-FOURTH YEAR OF HIS AGE / HAVING SERVED SIXTY-TWO YEARS IN THE ENGLISH NAVY / WITH PERSEVERANCE AND IN FULFILMENT OF THE DUTIES / DUE TO HIS SOVEREIGN AND COUNTRY. / THE NAVAL ANNALS RECORD HIS GREAT PROFESSIONAL DEEDS. / HIS UNDEVIATING AFFECTION SHOWN BY / A CONSTANT FLOW OF CHRISTIAN KINDNESS / ENDEARS HIS MEMORY TO HIS WIDOW AND FAMILY.' [Lower pedestal] 'ALL THAT FATHER GIVETH ME SHALL COME TO ME; AND HIM / THAT COMETH TO ME / WILL NO WISE CAST OUT St John: Chap. VI. Ver 37'

Details

Description: Cuboid pedestal with a second stage cuboid topped with a gothic cross and with two gothic bollards at the east corners.
Type: Cross
Position: 6315/90/RS

People

Otway, Robert
Age: 74
Date of Death: 1846
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: 1770-1846 During 6 years in the West Indies he is said to have destroyed 200 enemy ships. The monument was restored by the 1805 Club in 2010.
Bibliography: Hugh Meller 'London cemeteries: an illustrated guide and gazetteer' (Amersham, 1981) p. 192.
Photographer: Lucy Saint, Eleanor Baugh ©RMG

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