Erection date: 1867
{On base of monument:}
Colin Campbell, Field Marshal Lord Clyde, born 1792, died
This is a rather grand memorial: the statue with Campbell resting his telescope on a palm-tree stump, being atop a fat pink marble pillar, at the base of which sits a life size allegorical woman, Britannia, lounging on a reclining lion. Glasgow has a copy of the statue, without all the add-ons.
SW1, Waterloo Place
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Colin Campbell
Field Marshal. Born Glasgow as Colin Macliver but his maternal uncle financed...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Colin Campbell
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