Colonel Henry Baker & Captain Michael Browning Memorial Tablet, St. Columb's Cathedral, Londonderry City, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland 1689

Both died during the Seige of Derry
Courtesy of William Houston

Formatted by
Jim McKane, Ontario, Canada
jamckane[at]gmail.com

The memorial tablet to Siege of Londonderry heroes, Colonel Henry Baker and Captain Michael Browning in their final resting place, St. Columb's Cathedral, Londonderry.

 

Beneath lie the bodies of two noblehearted men 

COLONEL HENRY BAKER

A governor of this city during the siege of 1689 A man greatly beloved and trusted to whom the people of Derry turned in their time of extremity and who was found faithful unto death worn out by hardship and disease He died on June 30 1689 on the 74th day of teh siege ~~ and 

MICHAEL BROWNING

Captain of the ship Mountjoy of this city chosen to lead the relieving vessels. He was killed at the boom in the hour of victory while encouraging his men in teh face of terrible danger on July 28 1689.

 

Further reading A List of Protestant Attainders 1689