English Cemetery, Naples

The Cimitero degli Inglesi (cemetery of the English), or officially, Il Cimitero acattolico di Santa Maria delle Fede, was a cemetery in Naples, near Piazza Garibaldi. It was created in 1826 for non-Catholics, especially Protestants. Graves of British and Irish predominate.

History

1826 acquired the British consul in Naples, Sir Henry Lushington, a piece of land in the garden of the church of Santa Maria della Fede, there to create a cemetery for Protestants.

In 1893 the cemetery was closed and opened for Neubestattungen instead of the still existing English Cemetery at Capodichino, wherein a portion of the monuments was transferred to the new cemetery. The gradually decaying site was sold in 1980 by the British Crown to the city of Naples; she has been pushing the preparation of the site ( where still there are some grave stones) and the construction of a small park.

Notable people

  • Mary Fairfax Greig Somerville (1780-1872) was a Scottish astronomer and mathematician who became a science writer great fame.
  • David Vonwiller (1794-1856), of St. Gallen in Switzerland, one of the richest men in the city.
  • The Freytag family from Switzerland.
  • John Connellan Deane, son of the famous architect Thomas Deane, Cork, Ireland.
  • Anton van Sminck Pitloo ( Arnhem 1790 - Naples, 1837), a painter from the Netherlands.
  • William Gell (1777-1836) was a British writer and archaeologist. He was a friend of the Irish travel writer Edward Dodwell and also by Keppel Richard Craven.
  • Keppel Richard Craven (1779-1851) was an English travel writer. He was the son of Elizabeth Craven and friend of Lady Blessington. He lived in Salerno.
  • Elizabeth Craven (1750-1828) was a British writer, widow of William Craven, 6th Baron Craven, and wife of the Margrave Karl Alexander of Ansbach -Bayreuth. She lived in Craven villa in Posillipo.
  • Le Normand Brabazon (1839-1844), son of Lord Meath, Ireland.
  • John Bateman - Dashwood, † September 14, 1861, from England.
  • Thomas Gallwey (1790-1858), former British Consul, from County Kerry, Ireland.
  • Henry Hind (1834-1875), former British officer, was murdered.
  • Thomas Welch Hunt ( 28) and his wife of 10 months, Caroline Isham (23 ), Brits, murdered Dezember 1824.
  • Charles O'Reilly, († 1849), surgeon, 26 years in Naples, along with his wife Emily Winter and daughter Lydia († 1895).
  • Mary Pattison, * Gregg, († October 7, 1870 ) from Dublin, wife of the ship civil engineer Thomas Pattison, of one of the largest families of the city.

Swell

  • Giancarlo Alisio, Il Cimitero degli Inglesi, Naples, 1993, ISBN 8843545205th
  • Dieter Richter: Naples. Biography of a city, Berlin ( Wagenbach ) 2005, p.229 -34.
  • John A. Davis, Merchants, Monopolists, and Contractors: A Study of Economic Activity and Society in Bourbon Naples, 1815-1860, Ayer Publishing, 1981, ISBN 9780405139864
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