The plaque is high on the south (right) wall of the Chancel, near the entrance.
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
SIR GEORGE CAMPBELL G.C.B.
ADMIRAL OF THE WHITE SQUADRON OF HIS MAJESTY'S FLEET. HE WAS THE SON OF
PRYSE CAMPBELL ESQ. OF CAWDOR CASTLE COUNTY OF NAIRN NB. AND BROTHER OF LORD
CAWDOR HE MARRIED EUSTATIA, DAUGHTER OF I.H.CAMPBELL ESQ. LORD LYON KING
AT ARMS FOR SCOTLAND, BROTHER OF PRYSE CAMPBELL ESQ. HE DIED COMMANDER
IN CHIEF AT PORTSMOUTH, JANUARY 23RD 1821 AGED 59 HAVING SERVED 49 YEARS
IN THE ROYAL NAVY IN WHICH HE EMINENTLY DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF IN MOST
ARDUOUS AND ESSENTIAL SERVICES, IN CONSIDERATION OF WHICH AND HIS HIGH
CHARACTER HIS PRESENT MAJESTY IN THE MOST GRACIOUS MANNER APPOINTED HIM
GROOM OF THE BED CHAMBER AND CONFERRED ON HIM THE MOST HONOURABLE
MILITARY ORDER OF THE BATH.
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TO HIM WHOSE LOYAL BRAVE AND GENTLE HEART FULFILLED THE HEROES AND THE CHRISTIAN PART WHOSE CHARITY LIKE THAT WHICH PAUL ENJOINED WAS WARM, BENEFICENT AND UNCONFINED. THIS STONE IS REARD- TO PUBLICK DUTY TRUE THE SEAMAN'S FRIEND- THE FATHER OF HIS CREW MILD IN REPROOF, SAGACIOUS IN COMMAND HE SPREAD FRATERNAL ZEAL THROUGHOUT HIS BAND AND LED EACH ARM TO ACT, EACH HEART TO FEEL WHAT BRITISH VALOUR OWES TO BRITAIN'S WEAL... |
THESE WERE HIS PUBLICK VIRTUES BUT TO TRACE HIS PRIVATE WORTH'S FAIR PURITY AND GRACE TO PAINT THE TRAITS THAT DREW AFFECTION STRONG FROM FRIENDS AN ARDENT AND AN AMPLE THRONG AND MORE TO SPEAK HIS MEMORY'S GRATEFUL CLAIM ON HER WHO MOURNS HIM, AND BEARS HIS NAME O'ER COMES THE TREMBLING HAND OF WIDOWS GRIEF O'ER COMES THE HEART UNCONSCIOUS OF RELIEF SAVE IN RELIGIOUS HIGH AND HOLY TRUST WHILST PLACING THIS MEMORIAL O'ER HIS DUST. |
