Erection date: 1990
To the memory of Queen Caroline, wife of George II, for whom the Long Water and Serpentine were created between 1727 - 1731.
Unveiled by the Queen.
Site: Queen Caroline memorial (1 memorial)
W2, Hyde Park
Erection date: 1990
To the memory of Queen Caroline, wife of George II, for whom the Long Water and Serpentine were created between 1727 - 1731.
Unveiled by the Queen.
W2, Hyde Park
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Queen Caroline memorial
Queen consort of George II. Born Ansbach. She and her husband came to Brita...
Born Hanover, Germany, died Kensington, Palace, London. Reigned: 1727 - 1760....
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Queen Caroline memorial
Born 17 Bruton Street, to the Duke and Duchess of York. For information on wh...
The inscription was written by the Rev. T. W. Weare, Under-Master of Westminster 1841-1861. Our information comes from Westminster Abbey...
The Listing entry informs: "After the Second World War a stone block was added to the south side of the memorial at the base of plinth to...
Possibly the granite trough added to the foot is intended to hold wreaths etc. The only name out of sequence is T. Warman, which is at t...
The monument was designed by Simpson. The Muse (naked lady) on the south face is a copy of Ford's own (for the Shelley memorial in Oxfor...
Three of the non-British victims are given as "unknown" at "u" in the alphabetic list . This seems rather crass. It would have been mor...
Mexican lawyer and politician, who served as the 26th president of Mexico, 1858 - his death in 1872. He was the first president of Mexico who was of indigenous origin.
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