Erection date: 1877
{On the front of the plinth:}
John Fox Burgoyne, Field-Marshal. C.C.B. Born 1782 - died 1871.
Erected by his brother officers of Royal Engineers.
"How youngly he began to serve his country, how long continued" Coriolanus.
The quote is from Shakespeare's play Coriolanus.
SW1, Waterloo Place
This statue and that opposite, of Lawrence, form a pair: by the same sculptor, with the same Shakespearian quote.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
John Fox Burgoyne
Born London, illegitimate son of General John Burgoyne. Served in Ireland as ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
John Fox Burgoyne
Born Vienna, educated England, granted English citizenship 1865. Sculptor in ...
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