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Middlesbrough
North Yorkshire
Yorkshire & Humberside

Albert Road

Samuel Sadler

1842 - 1911
British industrialist, public servant and the first Conservative Member of Parliament for Middlesbrough
(Wikipedia)

Édouard Lantéri
A.B. Burton (Thames Ditton)
1913

Description

Statue of Sir Samuel Sadler in court dress and mayoral robes with a scroll in his right hand. The pedestal is decorated with the town's coat of arms in bronze.

The statue was unveiled 21 June 1913 by Colonel J.E.B. Seely, Secretary of State for War.

Inscription(s)

SIR SAMUEL
ALEXANDER SADLER
KNIGHT V.D.
1841-1911

sir samuel sadler
was a member of
the town council of
middlesbrough 1873-1911
mayor 1877 1896 and 1910
member of parliament
for middlesbrough
1900-1906 – he served
in the volunteer and
territorial forces
1860-1911 and as colonel
and hon. colonel of
the 1^st v.b.d.k.i. and
5^th durham l.i. 1876-1911

this monument
was erected by
public subscription
to commemorate
a career devoted
to the service of
community
*
unveiled a.d. 1913
*

Signature

Ed Lanteri sc

Sculptor

Édouard Lantéri (Auxerre 1848 - London 1917), French-born British sculptor and medallist (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Hidden Teesside, Sir Samuel Sadler Statue, Middlesbrough.
University College for the Creative Arts, VADS (Visual Arts Data Service).
Historic England, Sitesearch.

Locatie (N 54°34'28" - W 1°14'3") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: gbyh168; Photograph: 30 July 2019
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