Admmiral Salmon Morrice

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Memorial details

Memorial type

District

Town

County

Country

Commemoration

Maker

Peter Scheemakers (Sculptor)

Ceremony

Unveiled
Date: C 1740
Attended by: UNKNOWN

Lost

Not lost

WM Reference

58129

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Current location

St Mary the Virgin Church
Betteshanger
Dover
Kent
CT14 0NN
England

OS Grid Ref: TR 31258 52510
Denomination: Church of England

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Description

Bust on a black sarcophagus, silhouetted against grey obelisk, flanked by trophies. Below is a relief of a first or second rate warship in full sail, with a relief panel depicting navigational instruments on each side.

Inscription

NEAR to this Place is Interr'd SALMON MORRICE Esq VICE ADMIRAL of His/ MAJESTY'S WHITE SQUADRON, who Dyed the 25th March 1740. Aged 68 Years. Also/ his Beloved wife, ELIZABETH, Daughter of WILLIAM WRIGHT Esqr, late/ One of the COMMISSIONERS of His MAJESTY'S NAVY, she Dyed/ the 22d of September, 1733 Aged 48 YEARS'

Inscription legible?

yes

Commemorations

Non-Combat Deaths
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,year died,forename,age of death,relationships,additional
Order of information: Undefined

Components

Memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - Black

Listing information

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Condition

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Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Reference

North East and East Kent by Newman, J 140/1976
Kent by Mee, Arthur 38-39/1936
Other website freespace.virgin.net/andrew.parkinson4/morrice_salmon.html

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