SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / ADMIRAL SIR JAMES SCOTT K.C.B. / ELDEST SON OF THOS.SCOTT ESQ: OF HAM COMMON MIDDLESEX AND GLENLUCE N.B, / BORN JUNE 18TH.1787, DIED MARCH 2ND.1872. / IN HONOURED REMEMBRANCE OF HIS WORTH, / AND IN HIGH APPRECIATION OF HIS LONG AND DISTINGUISHED SERVICES, / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED / BY HIS OFFICERS, BROTHER OFFICERS, AND FRIENDS. / HE SERVED WITH DISTINCTION IN THE FRENCH, AMERICAN AND CHINESE WARS, / AND IN THE COURSE OF AN ARDUOUS AND BRILLIANT CAREER, / TOOK PART IN / 2 GENERAL ACTIONS / 5 SIEGES / AT CAPTURE AND STORMING OF / 1 CAPITAL / 23 TOWNS & CITIES / 32 BATTERIES / 22 FORTS / AT CAPTURE AND CUTTING OUT OF / 1 LINE-OF-BATTLE SHIP / 5 FRIGATES / 6 SLOOPS OF WAR / 21 GUNBOATS / 300 MERCHANT VESSELS / SEVERAL PRIVATEERS & LETTERS OF MARQUE / AND RECEIVED THE THANKS OF BOTH / HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT “THOU HAST GIRDED ME WITH / STRENGTH UNTO THE BATTLE” K.C.B. ELDEST SON OF THOS.SCOTT ESQ: OF HAM COMMON MIDDLESEX AND GLENLUCE N.B, BORN JUNE 18TH.1787, DIED MARCH 2ND.1872. IN HONOURED REMEMBRANCE OF HIS WORTH, AND IN HIGH APPRECIATION OF HIS LONG AND DISTINGUISHED SERVICES, THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY HIS OFFICERS, BROTHER OFFICERS, AND FRIENDS. HE SERVED WITH DISTINCTION IN THE FRENCH, AMERICAN, AND CHINESE WARS, AND IN THE COURSE OF AN ARDUOUS AND BRILLIANT CAREER, TOOK PART IN 2 GENERAL ACTIONS 5 SIEGES AT CAPTURE AND STORMING OF 1 CAPITAL 23 TOWNS & CITIES 32 BATTERIES 22 FORTS AT CAPTURE AND CUTTING OUT OF 1 LINE-OF-BATTLE SHIP 5 FRIGATES 6 SLOOPS OF WAR 21 GUNBOATS 300 MERCHANT VESSELS SEVERAL PRIVATEERS & LETTERS OF MARQUE AND RECEIVED THE THANKS OF BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT “THOU HAST GIRDED ME WITH STRENGTH UNTO THE BATTLE”
