Statue

Palmerston statue

Erection date: 2/2/1876

Inscription

{On the front of the plinth and repeated on the back:}
Viscount Palmerston

{On the base of the statue:}
T. Woolner, RA, Sc. 1876

R. Masefield & C. Founders, Chelsea

Site: Palmerston statue (1 memorial)

SW1, Parliament Square

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Palmerston statue

Subjects commemorated i

Lord Palmerston

Born 4 Park Street (which is now 20 Queen Anne's Gate) as Henry John Temple. ...

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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Palmerston statue

Created by i

Thomas Woolner

Sculptor and poet. Born Hadleigh Suffolk. Early member of the Pre-Raphaelite ...

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