Erection date: 1886
{Below the statue, on an ornate plaque with shields to each side, one topped with a blackamoor's head:}
Sir Thomas More Kt., some time Lord High Chancellor of England, martyred July 6th 1535, the faithful servant both of God and the King.
Sculpted in 1886.
WC2, Carey Street
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