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
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
8th Duke of Devonshire
Statesman. Born Lancashire. Previously known as the Marquess of Hartington, o...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
8th Duke of Devonshire
See J. K. Farnell for the story. Also the Telegraph article.
Birthplace in 1873 of Dr. Alfred Salter, Quaker and first Labour M.P. for Bermondsey. A tireless crusader against sickness and poverty.
A musical comedy 'Operation Mincemeat' with a plot based on the WW2 Operation Mincemeat has been performed at the Fortune Theatre since M...
Born 1881, editor of Punch, 1932 - 1949, E. V. Knox (Evoe), essayist and poet, lived here from 1945 until his death in 1971.
A.M.D.G. stands for Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam (For the greater glory of God). It is the motto of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits).
Edward Luke Henry Bagot was born on 18 October 1896 the younger child of Major, The Honourable, Walter Lewis Bagot, DSO (1864-1927) and Margaret Jane Caroline Bagot née Cadogan (1856-1941). His bir...
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