Memorial

Captain H Le Fleming Senhouse

Tablet

Source: Copyright Stuart Nicholson

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Current Location

On wall at the west end of the north aisle, above the Keene Memorial, St Mary's Church, Netherwasdale Road, Gosforth, Copeland, Cumbria, CA20 1AZ, England

OS Grid Reference

NY 07215 03582

Denomination

Church of England

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 67440
Description: White Marble Plaque, set on grey marble.
Inscription: IN MEMORY OF/SIR HUMPHREY LE FLEMING SENHOUSE/OF SEASCALE, KT, C.B., K.C.H./AND A CAPTAIN IN THE ROYAL NAVY/WHO HAVING FAITHFULLY SERVED HIS COUNTRY FOR MORE THAN FORTY YEARS/LOST HIS LIFE IN CONSEQUENCE OF GREAT MENTAL AND BODILY EXERTIONS,/AFTER THE TAKING OF THE HEIGHTS OF CANTON, WHERE HE WAS/SENIOR NAVAL OFFICER IN COMMAND OF HER MAJESTY’S SQUADRON./HE DIED ON BOARD H.M.S. BLENHEIM/JUNE 13TH 1841;IN HIS 60TH YEAR./IN GOODNESS, UPRIGHTNESS, AND INTEGRITY OF HEART, NONE SURPASSED HIM/HIS SORROWING WIDOW AND CHILDREN MOST DEEPLY DEPLORE THEIR IRREPARABLE LOSS;/HEREAFTER THEY HUMBLY HOPE TO BE UNITED TO HIS SPIRIT/IN THE BOSOM OF THEIR REDEEMING GOD/HIS MORTAL REMAINS WERE BURIED AT MACAO/WHERE A MONUMENT HAS BEEN ERECTED BY OFFICERS OF THE/ARMY AND NAVY, BELONGING TO THE CHINESE EXPEDITION/TO MARK THEIR GREAT ESTEEM AND RESPECT FOR HIS CHARACTER.

Commemoration

War: Opium Wars (1839- 1860)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Surname and full forenames, rank, date, place and manner of death

History

Maker(s): W BROWN, Makers

Conservation

Components

Plaque

Made from: Marble - White

Backboard

Made from: Marble - Grey

Condition: Good

Further Information

"The Gosforth District-its antiquities and places of interest", by Dr CA Parker (1904, reprinted 2009)-pages 74 too 77 for details about the bell and cannonshot.