Inscription on the grave of Captain Joseph Hamilton
Location - Allerdale Council Cemetery .
Date of birth is , date of death is 28/10/1843
Plan location : A.
In Memory of
Captain Joseph Hamilton
who was lost at sea with his ship
"Lady Bentinck" of Whitehaven
on **the 28th Octr. 1843.
Also of his brother William
who was lost at sea at the same time.
Also of Isabella, wife of
the above named Joseph Hamilton
formerly Isabella Irving who died
at Whitehaven
on the 7th August 1880,
agd 88 years.
Also of Mary Ann, wife of William White
of Cockermouth,
and sister of the above named
Isabella Hamilton, who died
on the 2nd April 1872,
aged 66 years.
The two last named are
interred in this Cemetery.