Erection date: 1808
Inscription
{On either side of the plinth is written:}
GVLIELMVS.III
This statue shows King Billy's horse about to trip over a mole-hill and throw the monarch to his eventual death.
The modern information board at the entrance to the gardens states: "The statue of King William III, which now graces the centre of the Gardens, was first suggested in 1697, but it was not erected until 1808, and was executed in bronze by John Bacon."
Elsewhere we learn that it was designed by John Bacon and completed, after his death, by his son, John Bacon the Younger.
2022: Vic Keegan succinctly lays out the troubled history of this statue's arrival, over 100 years late.
Site: William III statue - SW1 (1 memorial)
SW1, St James's Square
