Location
Beneath the most westerly window on the South wall of the church (behind the font).
 
Description
The memorial consists of a wooden panel let into the wall behind the font. The bust of Sir Leopold stand in the window above it.
 

Memorial
Admiral Sir Leopold, Vice-Admiral JWL and Lieut JLE Mclintock
 
Bust of Admiral Sir Leopold McClintock
Transcription

IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THREE GALLANT SEAMEN
ADMIRAL SIR LEOPOLD McLINTOCK KCB BORN 1819 DIED 1907
VICE-ADMIRAL JWL McLINTOCK CB BORN 1874 DIED 1929
LIEUT JLE McLINTOCK BORN 1911 KILLED IN ACTION 1941
 
So He bringeth them unto their desired haven
 

 

Further Information
[Extract from 'St Ann's Church, A Brief History' courtesy of Wendy Smith]
 
The bust of Admiral Sir Leopold McClintock is one of only two extant, from an original cast made by Sir Leopold's eldest daughter. In 1979 it replaced a model of the sailing ship 'Lion', which had formed a part of the original memorial dedicated in December 1948. At the age of 12 and only 4 feet 6 inches tall, the only uniform that could be provided for him was a set of naval buttons. In 1831, he became a First Class Volunteer, a title changed to Cadet in 1843, for Captain Paget of HMS Samarang and sailed to South America.
 
Returning to Naval College in Portsmouth, he qualified as a gunnery officer and began to study steam machinery. This was the era of Arctic exploration and in 1845 Sir John Franklin had set out to find the North-West Passage. McClintock took part in three of the fourteen expeditions which subsequently took place in the search for Franklin. In 1859, as Captain of the steam yacht 'Fox', which had been financed by Lady Franklin, he discovered Franklin's log. This confirmed that Franklin's ships had been frozen in the ice near to King William Island.
 
Between 1872 and 1877 McClintock was Admiral Superintendent of the Portsmouth Dockyard. He died in 1907 and is buried in Westminster Abbey.
 

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