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 Tombstones and Monuments in Ceylon by J. Penry Lewis, C.M.G.
| Date transcribed | 2000-00-00 | | Transcribed by | Alan Edmonds and Merran Ainslie |
 | Surname | Cockburn | | | First names | Olympia | | | Date of death | Oct 1808 | | | Place | Burial Ground, on the Esplanade, Trincomalee.  | | | Inscription | Sacred to the memory of Alexander Cockburn, Esq., who departed this life the 8th day of June,1808, aged 41 years, having landed here from the Drake Frigate on which he embarked for the benefit of his health. He was many years resident at Madras, a merchant of the first respectability and an esteemed member of society. Also sacred to the memory of his amiable wife Olympia, daughter of Brig. General Alexander Campbell; infant son William entombed in the deep on their passage to England in the Lord Nelson Indiaman the following October, 1808. | | | Remarks | See image for further biographical detail. | | | First page |  View image |
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