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Edward Smith-Stanley

Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
Knowsley Park, Lancashire 1799 - Knowsley Park, Lancashire 1869
English statesman, three times Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
(Wikipedia)

Matthew Noble & Horace Montford
H. Young & co. (London)
1874

Description

Bronze statue of the Earl of Derby wearing the robes as Chancellor of Oxford University. The bronze reliefs around the pedestal depicting scenes from his life were executed by Noble's assistant, Horace Montford:

house of commons
chancellor of the university oxford 1863
the central executive cotton famine relief committee manchester 1865
cabinet council 1867

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Inscription(s)

— 1799 — DERBY — 1869 —

Signature

m. noble sculpt. | london
h. young & co | art founders | pimlico

Parliament Square

On Parliament Square, Westminster, are 10 statues of British and some foreign politicians.

Abraham Lincoln (1920)
George Canning (1832, here 1949)
Nelson Mandela (2007)
Sir Robert Peel (1877)
Benjamin Disraeli (1883)
Edward Smith-Stanley (1874)
Henry John Temple - Lord Palmerston (1876)
Jan Smuts (1956)
David Lloyd George (2007)
Sir Winston Churchill (1973)

Click here for a interactive map with the locations of the sculptures.

Sculptors

Horace Montford (Shrewsbury 1841-1918), British sculptor (Mapping of Sculpture).
Matthew Noble (Hackness near Scarborough 1817 - London 1876), British sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, List of public art in the City of Westminster.
Wikipedia, Parliament Square.
Bob Speel, London sculpture.
George L. Gomme, Return of outdoor memorials in London (London: City Council, 1910) (through Internet Archive).
John Blackwood, London's Immortals: The Complete Outdoor Commemorative Statues (London: Savoy, 1989), p. 190-191.
Andrew Kershman, London's Monuments (London: Metro Publ., 2013), p. 67.
Peter Matthews, London's Statues and Monuments (Botley: Shire, 2012), p. 32.

Locatie (N 51°30'2" - W 0°7'38") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: gblo044; Photograph: 3 August 2014
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