{On the plinth:}
William Frederick Danvers Smith, 2nd Viscount Hambleden, born 1868, died 1928. Head of the firm of W.H. Smith and Son. Member of Parliament for the Strand Division, 1891 - 1910. Chairman of King's College Hospital.
A public-spirited unselfish gentleman.
WC2, Lincoln's Inn Fields
There was apparently a bust surmounting this plinth with seat but - no more.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
W. H. Smiths - WC2
Henry Walton Smith and his wife Anna opened a small newsvendors in 1792 in Li...
On his father's death in 1891 he became head of the family firm of W.H. Smith...
2018: Via Facebook (on head 3 page) Jackie Hoare directed us to the Telegraph article which mentions Palmerston as one of these heads. Th...
The roundels on the north, river-facing, frontage are occupied by, left to right: Anson, Drake, Cook, Howard, Blake, Benbow, Sandwich, Ro...
Sculpted by Frances Segelman and erected to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the queen's coronation.
The poetry on the base of the statue is from Donne’s 1613 poem ‘Good Friday—Riding Westward’. That on the shoulder is from 'A Letter to ...
We think that hiding below hundreds of layers of whitewash is a fine relief bust of Shakespeare. This is at the top of the pargeting (dec...
