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Title
Admiral Hood Memorial
Date
1831
Medium
Doulting stone
Measurements
H 3350 x W (?) x D (?) cm
Accession number
BA6_WAC_S092
Work type
Monument
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II* (England and Wales)
Listing date
17/04/59
Access
at all times
Inscription description
on north-east side of plinth: IN MEMORY OF / SIR SAMUEL HOOD / BARONET / KNIGHT OF THE MOST HONOURABLE ORDER OF THE BATH / AND NOMINATED GRAND CROSS THEREOF / KNIGHT OF ST FERDINAND AND OF MERIT / KNIGHT GRAND ORDER OF THE SWORD / VICE ADMIRAL OF THE WHITE / AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF HIS MAJESTY'S FLEET / IN THE EAST INDIES; on north-west side of plinth: AN OFFICE OF THE HIGHEST DISTINCTION / AMONG THE ILLUSTRIOUS MEN / WHO RENDERED THEIR OWN AGE / THE BRIGHTEST PERIOD / IN THE NAVAL HISTORY / OF THEIR COUNTRY; on south-west side of plinth: THIS MONUMENT IS DEDICATED / TO THEIR LAYE COMMANDER / BY THE ATTACHMENT AND REVERENCE / OF BRITISH OFFICERS / OF WHOM MANY WERE HIS ADMIRING FOLLOWERS / IN THE AWFUL SCENES OF WAR / IN WHICH WHILE THEY CALL FORTH / THE GRANDEST QUALITY OF HUMAN NATURE / IN HIM LIKEWISE GAVE OCCASION / FOR THE EXERCISE OF ITS MOST AMIABLE VIRTUES / HE DIED AT MADRAS DECEMBER 24th 1814