In the Temple Bar ceremony the Queen, or King, stops so that the Lord Mayor of London can presents the Sword of State as a sign of loyalty. After the Temple Bar was removed this ceremony continued at the Temple Bar memorial and still occurs today. Possibly the memorial was erected primarily to allow this ceremony to continue.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Queen Victoria's first visit to the City of London (as queen)
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Temple Bar memorial - Victoria's first visit to City
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Kensington Gardens
Royal Parks say: "William III bought what was originally part of Hyde Park in 1689. An asthma sufferer, the king found the location quiet and the air salubrious and so he commissioned Sir Christop...
2 memorials
King David II of Scotland
King of Scotland from 1329. He spent many years in exile in France or in captivity in England. David was captured at the Battle of Neville's Cross in October 1346 and spent some time in the Tower ...
1 memorial
Queen Caroline of Brunswick
Queen Consort. Born Caroline Amelia Elizabeth in Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel in modern-day Germany. She was engaged to the future King George IV, even though he was illegally married to Maria Fitzherber...
1 memorial
Peter the Great
Born in Moscow as Pyotr Alexeyevich Romanov. He was created joint czar with his mentally disabled half-brother Ivan V, in 1682. In 1697 he set off for a tour of Europe, in which he amassed knowledg...
3 memorials
Catrin Glyndwr
Daughter of Owain Glyndwr the Welsh hero. Catrin was captured in 1409 at Harlech and taken to the Tower of London with her children and her mother, Glyndwr's wife, during Owain's fight for the free...
1 memorial
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Sir Flinders Petrie
Archaeologist specialising in Egypt. Born Charlton, near Greenwich. His maternal grandfather was Captain Matthew Flinders. Petrie was a self-taught surveyor with minimal university education. St...
1 memorial
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