Cousin to the wife of Captain James Cook, with whom he sailed to the South Pacific. Inherited Merton Abbey in the 1820s. His great nephew, J. Mackerell, gave land to commemorate Nelson.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Isaac Smith
"The death" to which this inscription refers is Nelson's, so the gift was mad...
Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
Trustee of the Putney Pest House Charity, 1862.
Chairman of the Islington Society, 1966 - 1985.
School in Hayes, in the Borough of Hillingdon at which George Orwell taught from 1932 - 1933. He is top right in the photograph.
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