Erection date: 1911
{On the front of the plinth:}
Spencer Compton, eighth Duke of Devonshire, KO, Born 1833, Died 1908.
The carving on the plinth is attractive with a snake knotted into a figure of eight above the lettering, art nouveau capitals at each corner and a fine crest at the back, so large that it overlaps the cornice.
SW1, Horse Guards Avenue
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8th Duke of Devonshire
Statesman. Born Lancashire. Previously known as the Marquess of Hartington,...
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8th Duke of Devonshire
Dr A Gordon Signy, 1905 - 1972, pioneering pathologist & international fencer, lived here 1955 - 1972. London Borough of Islington Is...
Fleming Discovered Penicillin {Around the profile bust:} Alexander Fleming Prix Nobel 1945
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The British Premiere of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, commissioned by the Philharmonic Society of London, was given on 21 March 1825 in the...
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