Capt. Matthew Liddon R.N. - St Andrew - Colyton, Devon - Maritime Monuments and Memorials on Waymarking.com

Memorial plaque in St Andrew's church, Colyton, dedicated to Capt. Matthew Liddon R.N. (d. 1869), and of his son Henry Liddon (d. 1890).

"MATTHEW LIDDON, Esq. [Commander.]

Served as midshipman on board the Thames frigate, commanded by the present Lord Radstock, on the Mediterranean station, and was employed in her boats at the capture and destruction of seven heavy gun-vessels, five armed scampavias, &c., and thirty-one sail of transports, laden with stores and provisions for Murat’s army at Scylla, July 25th, 1810. He was made a lieutenant on the 3d May 1811; and appointed to the Maidstone frigate, Captain George Burdett, Nov. 6th following. During the war between Great Britain and the United States, he appears to have assisted in capturing several of the enemy’s armed vessels, in the Bay of Fundy and at the mouth of the Rappahannock river. Towards the close of that contest, he exchanged from the Maidstone, then commanded by Captain William Skipsey, into la Hogue 74, Captain the Hon. Thomas Bladen Capel, on the Halifax station; and in Jan. 1819, he was appointed to the command of the Griper brig, selected by his friend Lieutenant (now Sir William Edward) Parry, to accompany him in an expedition to the Arctic Seas, the proceedings and result of which have been fully detailed in Suppl. Part IV. pp. 318–353. He paid off the Griper, at Deptford, Dec. 2l8t, 1820; obtained the rank of commander on the 8th Nov. 1821; and married, in 1827, Ann, only daughter of the late Samuel Bilke, Esq. of Stamford Street, Blackfriars."

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The plaque is inscribed -
TO THE MEMORY OF
CAPtn MATTHEW LIDDON R.N.
BORN AT AXMINSTER 1792. JOINED THE SERVICE AS FIRST CLASS BOY AT
10 YEARS OF AGE. WAS PRESENT IN THE NAVAL BRIGADE AT THE SIEGE OF MONTE VIDEO
AND SERVED WITH DISTINCTION DURING THE SPANISH, FRENCH AND AMERICAN WARS.
IN 1819 WAS APPOINTED LIEUT. COMMANDER OF H.M.S. GRIPPER AND ACCOMPANIED THE
LATE SIR EDWd PARRY (H.N.S. HECLA) ON HIS SECOND ARCTIC VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY.
RESIDED FOR 20 YERAS AT COLYTON GROVE AND DIED AT CLIFTON IN 1869.
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ALSO OF HIS ELDEST SON
HENRY PARRY LIDDON D.D, D.C.L., LL.D.
STUDENT OF CH. CH. OXFORD. JOHNSON THEOLOGICAL SCHOLAR. HON. FELLOW OF
KING'S COLLEGE LONDON. CURATE OF WANTAGE. VICE-PRINCIPAL OF CUDDESDON
THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE. VICE-PRINCIPAL OF St EDMUND'S HALL OXFORD
AND SPECIAL PREACHER BEFORE THE UNIVERSITY.
RESIDENTARY CANON AND CHANCELLOR OF St PAUL'S CATHEDRAL.
BORN AT NORTH STONEHAM HANTS. AUG. 20th 1829. LIVED AT COLYTON GROVE FOR
18 YEARS OF HIS EARLY LIFE. DIED AT WESTON-SUPER-MARE SEPT 9th 1890
AND WAS BURIED IN THE CRYPT OF St PAUL'S CATHEDRAL.
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INSCRIBED AND DEDICATED BY EDWd LIDDON M.D., J.P. (som)

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