Statue

Alice and Quintin Hogg

Erection date: 1906

Inscription

{On the left face of the plinth:}
1845 - 1918, Alice A Hogg, whose unfailing love & devotion contributed so greatly to the success of the polytechnic.

{On the right face of the plinth:}
1914 - 1918, pro patria
To the members of the polytechnic who made the supreme sacrifice.
1939 - 1945

{On the front face of the plinth:}
Quintin Hogg, 1845 - 1903.
Erected by the members of the polytechnic to the memory of their founder

Site: Alice and Quintin Hogg (1 memorial)

W1, Portland Place

Portland Place is an extremely wide road for London, and was built like that in the late 18th century. The Duke of Portland owned all the ground in this area including Foley House which used to be where Broadcasting House and the Langham Hotel are now. His tenant in this house, Lord Foley, insisted (via an Act of Parliament, no less) that any new developments should not ruin his view of (what would become) Regent's Park and Hampstead and Highgate. Solution - a wide road, the exact width of Foley's House, 125 feet.

One of London's 'lazy' statues.

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World War 1

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