Statue: Duke of York's column
Erection date: 1833
{On a plaque at eye level:}
Frederick Duke of York, 1763 - 1827, second son of George III, Commander-in-Chief of the British Army, 1795 - 1809 and 1811 - 1827.
"The Grand Old Duke of York" of nursery rhyme fame.
Aberdeen granite column designed by Benjamin Wyatt is 123 feet high, with an interior stairway leading to the viewing platform which we believe is never open.
Bronze statue by Westmacott.
154 steps used to lead to a viewing platform which was closed after a rash of suicides in the 19th C.
Funds for the statue were raised by stopping one day's pay from every soldier in the late Duke's army.
Site: Duke of York's column (1 memorial)
SW1, Carlton House Terrace
Ian Visits has produced a splendid post on this one-time public observatory. Londonist reveals that this was the site of an early, 1848, lighting experiment.
