Erection date: 2/5/1832
Inscription
{On the front of the plinth:}
George Canning
Bronze.
Site: George Canning statue (1 memorial)
SW1, Parliament Square, Canning Green
The statue was first erected in Palace Yard in 1832 and moved to this site in 1867, the first statue in Parliament Square.
2025: At London Walks we learnt that this statue killed a man. During its creation it fell on one of Westmacott's assistants, Vincent Gahagan. killing him. This happened in Westmacott's foundry in Brewer Street, Pimlico, on 28 December 1831.
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