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Montagu Sharpe

Inscription

{on plaque affixed to pedestal:}
Ex dono Master Sir Montagu Sharpe K.C. 1930.
{"ex dono" = "gifted by"}

{Around the base of the sphere:}
"The inseparable property of time which is ever more and more to disclose truth." Francis Bacon

{On one of the bands that makes up the sphere, as an anti-theft measure?:}
Gray's Inn Square

This memorial is a sundial in the shape of a armillary sphere - see Wolff for another example. The sphere is supported by 4 silhouetted griffons.
Strictly speaking this is not a memorial but gifts of this nature are effectively self-memorials.

Site: Montagu Sharpe (1 memorial)

WC1, Gray's Inn Square

This memorial is in the centre of the garden.

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Montagu Sharpe

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Sir Montagu Sharpe, KBE, KC, DL

Politician, lawyer, ornithologist and amateur archaeologist. Magistrate and C...

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Sir Francis Bacon

Born York House near Strand. Died in Highgate at Arundel House, the home of h...

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Sir Montagu Sharpe, KBE, KC, DL

Politician, lawyer, ornithologist and amateur archaeologist. Magistrate and C...

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