Statue

Richard Cobden statue

Erection date: /7/1868

Inscription

Erected by public subscription to which Napoleon III was principal contributor.

Cobden.

Presented to the Vestry of St. Pancras, June 1868.
Thomas Ross - Chairman of Committee

Corn Laws repealed 1846

{On the base:}
W&T Wills

Sicilian marble. W. and T. Wills of 12 Euston Road were the sculptors. Still on its original site where it was unveiled to popular acclaim, it is now in a very poor state and every few years there is a local campaign for its restoration.

Site: Richard Cobden statue + Prisoner of War memorial (2 memorials)

NW1, Camden High Street

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Richard Cobden statue

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Corn Laws repealed

Event, Politics & Administration

Richard Cobden

Political economist and Liberal MP. Born near Midhurst, Sussex, into a large ...

This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Richard Cobden statue

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Vestry of St Pancras

Group, Politics & Administration

W. & T. Wills

Sculptors, of 12 Euston Road.

Napoleon III of France

Last monarch of France. Son of Louis Bonaparte (Napoleon I's brother) and Hor...

Thomas Ross

Chairman of Committee, Vestry of St. Pancras

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Richard Cobden statue

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Prisoner of War memorial

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