Location
In the south-east corner of the nave.
Memorial
Transcription
IN MEMORY OF
SIR FRANCIS WILLIAM AUSTEN
G.C.B. ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET
ONE OF NELSON'S CAPTAINS
BORN STEVENTON RECTORY
1774 DIED AT PORTSDOWN 1865
'SO HE BRINGETH THEM UNTO THE HAVEN
WHERE THEY WOULD BE' Psalm 107
SIR FRANCIS WILLIAM AUSTEN
G.C.B. ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET
ONE OF NELSON'S CAPTAINS
BORN STEVENTON RECTORY
1774 DIED AT PORTSDOWN 1865
'SO HE BRINGETH THEM UNTO THE HAVEN
WHERE THEY WOULD BE' Psalm 107
Further Information
Sir Francis William Austen was the brother of Jane Austen, novelist. He was churchwarden at the
time of the 1859/1861 restoration of the church. His wife and daughter are buried in the graveyard close to the WW1/WW2 memorial.
There are further memorials to Jane Austen's other brother and nephew in St Ann's Church
