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.
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John Fox Burgoyne
Born London, illegitimate son of General John Burgoyne. Served in Ireland as ...
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John Fox Burgoyne
Born Vienna, educated England, granted English citizenship 1865. Sculptor in ...
Born and died in Stratford-upon-Avon. His birth date is usually given as the ...
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