[1] It was the final resting place of many Swiss, Germans, Americans, Irish, Scottish and English who lived in Naples, were passing through on the Grand Tour, or were merchants or seamen.

The cemetery was the burial place of the (mainly foreign) Protestants who died in Naples, although people of other religions ended up here as well.

It was a unique memorial to the foreigners who formed part of the commercial elite of Naples at that time.

However, while most of the remaining land area of the cemetery was retained, only a fraction of the memorials were renovated and preserved, and the original ambience was almost obliterated in the construction of the public park.

In November a smallpox epidemic broke out, and in ten days the British admiral reported that ninety men had caught the disease, including himself.