Memorial

The statue, by Ian Walters and unveiled (very appropriately) by Michael Foot, MP in 1985, is very characterful, with the hitched up jacket shoulder and clutched pile of books. Brockway was present at the unveiling and we know of only a handful of statues in London unveiled while the subject was still alive (as of 2008, at least), the others being:
Viscount Nuffield at Guy's Hospital
Duke of Wellington at the Royal Exchange
William Gladstone in Bow Road
Churchill in Woodford Green
George Peabody at the Royal Exchange
Nelson Mandela on the South Bank
Nelson Mandela in Parliament Square
Queen Aexandra statue
King Charles II

Via Facebook Rhona Levene suggested we add to this list the Churchill statue at the Guildhall, unveiled by Churchill himself. As a general rule we only collect exterior memorials but happy to note it here.

April 2017: Londonist added another 15 statues to our list - clearly we’d previously been blind to footballers. Some we have not yet published but they are in the queue. Londonist also refined this game with the concept of statues to people who are still alive. We’ve put an * on those, but note the date of this post – we take no responsibility for what happens hereafter!

Queen Anne at Queen Anne's Gate
Queen Victoria outside Kensington Palace
Michael Bond *
Michael Caine *
Ledley King *
Jazzie B *
Nicola Adams *
Tony Adams *
Thierry Henry *
Herbert Chapman
Dennis Bergkamp *
Ken Friar *
Geoff Hurst *
Martin Peters *
Ray Wilson *