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2508
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Monument to Captain Edmund Mowbray Lyons
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[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
Monument to Captain Edmund Mowbray Lyons (1819-1855), marble, Matthew Noble.
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M.NOBLE / SCULP. / LONDONSACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / CAPTAIN EDMUND MOUBRAY LYONS, ROYAL NAVY, / SON OF REAR ADMIRAL SIR EDMUND LYONS BART. G.C.B. K.C.H: / COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF HER MAJESTYCUT OFF IN THE PRIME OF LIFE, THE PATH TO THE HIGHEST EARTHLY HONORS OPENING BEFORE HIM / HE DIED AS A HERO AND A CHRISTIAN SHOULD DIE. / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED IN DEEPEST GRIEF BY THE OFFICERS AND SHIP