Erection date: 2/5/1832
{On the front of the plinth:}
George Canning
Bronze.
SW1, Parliament Square, Canning Green
The statue was first erected in Palace Yard in 1832 and moved to this site in 1867, the first statue in Parliament Square.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
George Canning statue
Prime Minister 1827-1827 (only 119 days, the shortest PM tenure). Born Maryle...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
George Canning statue
Sculptor. Born Grosvenor Square. One of the Commissioners for the Great Exhib...
This statue used to be in the Constitutional Club (disbanded 1979) at 28 Northumberland Avenue.
The 4 female figures around the base represent: Britannia, France, America, Ireland. It was during Queen Anne's reign that the rebuildin...
The watch-house is the low building to the right of the one with the scholar statues. the blue plaque you can just see to the left is fo...
Don't know about you but we find this type of inscription very tedious, and suspect a committee, probably more than one, has had a hand i...
She died aged 101 but here she is shown aged 51, the age she was widowed, wearing the robes of the Order of the Garter. 9 ft 6 ins, bronz...
Industrialist, business magnate, and philanthropist. Born Dunfermline, Scotland in a one-room cottage. 1848 the family emigrated to Pennsylvania, USA. Only about 5 feet in height and garrulous, Car...
Person, Industry, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration, Scotland, USA
Corps Secretary in the St John Ambulance Brigade, Metropolitan Corps, 1889-1892.
Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration
Designed by Sidney M. Cranfield, this market house replaced a similar one which had been built 1632, and demolished in 1810. It is shown...
This website gives more detailed information about the creation of the bust. In 2011, the Grant Museum moved from its previous location ...
The RHS describe this type of tree as: "A handsome pyramid shaped conifer".
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