Memorials
When in England for winters during his term as Governor of Newfoundland, Duckworth lived on a property called Weare House of Weare Park in Topsham in the County of Devon, which he purchased in 1804 and rebuilt over several years. The only known memorial is found in St Margaret's Church, Topsham, in Devon.
His property, and half of the golf course that the Exeter Golf and Country Club now occupies, was the largest US Navy Supply Depot in the south of England during the Second World War, with some later retained for use by a UK MOD Naval Store.
During the Second World War one Royal Navy warship, the destroyer HMS Duckworth was named after the Admiral.
In England, The Duckworth House is located in Kent St, Portsmouth PO1 to be found not far from the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard complex.
Duckworth Street in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada is named in his honour.
Read more about this topic: Sir John Duckworth, 1st Baronet
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