Erection date: 20/7/1921
Edwardvs VII, Rex Imperator, 1901 - 1910.
Unveiled by George V, his son.
SW1, Waterloo Place
We thank Jamie Davis for finding this link to the British Pathe news film of the unveiling. The subscriptions for the memorial to King Edward were collected before WW1. They funded not only this statue but also the establishment of the King Edward VII Memorial Park as a public recreation ground.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Edward VII statue - Waterloo Place
Reigned: 1901 - 1910. Born and died at Buckingham Palace. Victoria's eldest s...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Edward VII statue - Waterloo Place
Reigned: 1910 - 1936. Born third in line to the throne, after his father (wh...
Born in Melbourne, Australia. Came to London to study at the British Museum a...
Londonist reported that this life-size statue was originally intended for a balcony at the nearby Roundhouse, and that Camden Council wer...
Statues Hither and Thither has been invaluable in identifying some of the busts and most of the statues. The statues are not labelled and...
This was the first statue ever to be made from a photograph. There is a copy at Mowbray Park, Sunderland.
We found the following at Discovering Dickens "An 18th-century account of it, from Harrison’s New and Universal History, Description and...
Businessman. Born in Aurora, Illinois. Responsible for developing the McDonald's hamburger empire abroad.
Auxiliary Fire Serviceman killed in the air raid on Ricardo Street School.
Edward McKnight Kauffer 1890 - 1954, Marion Dorn, 1896 - 1964, designers, lived here in flats 139/141. English Heritage
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