Memorial

Lieutenant R Robinson

Full view of the memorial with inscription.

Source: Paul Cooper

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Current Location

St Nicholas Church, Water Lane, Denston, St Edmundsbury, Suffolk, CB8 8PP, England

TL 76011 52949

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 108473
Description: A marble tablet on a slate backing with the commemoration below a shrouded challis
Inscription: WITHIN THE CHANCEL OF THIS CHURCH / ONE DEPSOITED THE EARTHLY REMAINS OF / ROBERT ROBINSON ESQR. / THIRD AND YOUNGEST SON OF THE LATE / LIEUT. GEN. JOHN ROBINSON OF DENSTON HALL: / HE WAS ONE OF THE LIEUTENANTS ON H.M.S. MINDEN / IN THE MEMORABLE & SUCCESSFUL ATTACK ON ALGIERS, FOR THE DELIVERANCE OF CHRISTIANS FROM SLAVERY, / UNDER THE COMMAND OF LORD EXMOUTH, IN 1816. / HE DEPARTED THIS / LIFE, IN HUMBLE HOPE OF A JOYFUL RESURRECTION / ON THE 19TH. OF OCTOBER, IN THE 28TH YEAR OF HIS AGE / (...) / THIS TABLET IS DEDICATED TO HIS MEMORY / BY HIS SORROWING WIDOW.

Tablet

Height: c914mm

Width: c1219mm

Made from: Marble

Condition: Good