SIR CHARLES EDMUND NUGENT G.C.H.
ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET
DIED ON THE 7TH OF JANUARY 1844
IN THE 86TH YEAR OF HIS AGE
HE ENTERED THE SERVICE VERY EARLY IN LIFE
AND SERVED IN EUROPE AND AMERICA
ABOVE SEVENTY YEARS
HAVING DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF
BOTH ON SEA AND LAND ON VARIOUS OCCASIONS
UNTIL HE ATTAINED
THE HIGHEST RANK IN HIS PROFESSION
THE CLOSING PERIOD OF HIS LONG LIFE
WAS PASSED AT THIS PLACE
WITH AFFECTIONATE RELATIVES
WHO HAVE CAUSED THIS STONE TO BE ERECTED
TO HIS MEMORY |