Bust

St Dunstans - Lord Northcliffe

Erection date: 1930

Inscription

{Carved into the stone of the pedestal:}
Northcliffe MDCCCLXV - MCMXXII
{1865 - 1922}

Unveiled in 1930 by Lord Riddell.

Site: St Dunstan in the West (4 memorials)

EC4, Fleet Street

You can see three of these memorials in our photo of the church. The fourth, the plaque to Garvin, is on the east-facing wall to the left of the Northcliffe bust. IanVisits has visited the church.

The church has medieval origins but was rebuilt in the 1830s by John Shaw.

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
St Dunstans - Lord Northcliffe

Subjects commemorated i

Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe

Born near Dublin. As a keen cyclist (on a penny-farthing) Harmsworth was subm...

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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
St Dunstans - Lord Northcliffe

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Sir Edwin Lutyens

Architect. Born at 16 Onslow Square. Specialised in English country houses. C...

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Baron George Allardice Riddell

Newspaper proprietor, The News of the World in particular.  Chairman of the R...

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Lady Kathleen Scott

Sculptor. Born as (Edith Agnes) Kathleen Bruce, in Nottinghamshire. Married ...

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
St Dunstans - Lord Northcliffe

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St Dunstans - Elizabeth I statue

St Dunstans - Elizabeth I statue

On stone above QE's statue: "Parochial Schools. St Dunstan in the west. A.D.1...

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St Dunstans - fountain

St Dunstans - fountain

Designed by John Shaw, Jnr., even in its current rather dilapidated state, th...

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St Dunstans - Garvin

St Dunstans - Garvin

J.L. Garvin, C.H., 1868 - 1947, for thirty-four years Editor of The Observer....

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