Captain Thomas Edward Monier - Bride, Isle of Man - Maritime Monuments and Memorials on Waymarking.com

The Wall tablet commemorating Captain Thomas Edwin Monier is inside the church porch at the base of the bell tower.

Captain Monier perished on 22 October 1854 when he was on his homeward journey from South America on board the Schooner "Henery Curwen".

This memorial is Memorial:M5365 on Maritime Memorials website: (visit link)

The inscription on the tablet is as follows:
'IN MEMORY OF
CAPTAIN THOMAS EDWIN MONIER
OF THE SCHOONER "HENRY CURWEN", OF WORKINGTON
WHO DIED ON THE 22ND OF OCTOBER 1854,
ON HIS PASSAGE HOMEWARD FROM
PORTO CABELLO
AGED 23 YEARS.
"YOUNG IN COMMAND, BELOVED BY ALL,
FRANK, OPEN-HEARTED, BRAVE;
FAR DISTANT IS HIS RESTING PLACE
BENEATH THE ATLANTIC WAVE."
The Schooner 'Henry Curwen' was named for Sir Henry Curwen who hailed from Workington. Henry Curwen a Justice of the Peace for Cumberland from 1617 until his death and was High Sheriff of Cumberland between 1619 and 20. In 1621, Henry Curwen was elected Member of Parliament for Cumberland. (visit link)

Porto Cabello (aka Puerto Cabello) may either be a port in Venezuela or Brazil.

Thomas Edwin's parents lived in Church Street in the town of Ramsey in the northeast of the Isle of Man. Ramsey is still a busy commercial port.

Thomas Edwin received his 'Mates Certificate of Service', 3 years before his untimely death, on 20 March 1851, when he was aged 20 years. The Certificate shows that Thomas Edwin had served for 6 years as Apprentice Mate in the British Merchant service in the Foreign Coasting Trade.

Thomas Edwin had only been married to Jane Lancaster (nee Kirkhaugh) for 18 months at the time of his death.
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