Erection date: 1831
William Pitt, born MDCCLIX, died MDCCCVI
{1759 - 1806}
According to an information board in the square this bronze statue was erected in 1831 and survived an attempt by Reform Bill agitators to pull it down on the opening day.
W1, Hanover Square
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
William Pitt statue
Born Hayes, Kent. Son of William Pitt the Elder. Tory. Entered parliament in ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
William Pitt statue
Sculptor. Born Francis Leggatt Chantry at Jordanthorpe, near Norton, Derbyshi...
Originally erected, in 1848, at the Tower of London where the Board of Ordnance was in the Duke's time. Its location can be deduced from ...
This badly deteriorated statue could be anyone. We have found a reference to it as a statue of a barbarian. It was dug up by British troo...
Soane designed the Bank of England in 1793. It was rebuilt between the wars and little of Soane's acclaimed design remains; there is this...
A resin version of this statue was temporarily installed in Trafalgar Square on the 'fourth plinth' on 4 November 2009.
The 'courage' quote is from a speech Fawcett gave after the death of fellow suffrage campaigner Emily Davison.
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