SOUTH TRANSEPT. The west aisle of this transept is now the Baptistery. On the right, as we enter, is a monument to Sir William Jones (1746-94), the Orientalist, by Bacon. To the right (W.) of the font, Sir Ralph Abercromby (1734-1801), who defeated the French at Alexandria, by Westmacott. To the south of the font, Sir John Moore (1761-1809), who fell at Coruna, by Bacon. To the left, above, is a memorial, by H.R.H. Princess Louise, to the Colonial Troops who fell in the south African War. On the west wall of the transept-nave, Monument of Lord Nelson (1758-1805), by Flaxman; the reliefs on the pedestal represent the Arctic Ocean, the North Sea, the Nile, and the Mediterranean. Opposite Nelson, Marquis Cornwallis (1738-1805), soldier and statesman, and, on the south side of the same pier, Lord Heathfield (1717-90), defender of Gibraltar, both by Rossi. On the south wall of the east transept aisle, J. M. W. Turner (1775-1851), the painter, by Macdowell, and Lord Collingwood (1750-1810), Nelson's successor, by Westmacott. On the east wall, Admiral Lord Howe (1726-99), by Flaxman. On the left, farther on, Sir Henry Lawrence (1806-57), by Lough. Opposite is the entrance to the Crypt, beyond which, at the angle of the dome-space, is a statue of John Howard (1726-90), the prison reformer, by Bacon, the first monument admitted to new St. Paul's.
