Erection date: 1930
{Carved into the stone of the pedestal:}
Northcliffe MDCCCLXV - MCMXXII
{1865 - 1922}
Unveiled in 1930 by Lord Riddell.
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. 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
Born near Dublin. As a keen cyclist (on a penny-farthing) Harmsworth was subm...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
St Dunstans - Lord Northcliffe
Architect. Born at 16 Onslow Square. Specialised in English country houses. C...
Newspaper proprietor, The News of the World in particular. Â Chairman of the R...
Sculptor. Born as (Edith Agnes) Kathleen Bruce, in Nottinghamshire. Married ...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
St Dunstans - Lord Northcliffe
On stone above QE's statue: "Parochial Schools. St Dunstan in the west. A.D.1...
Designed by John Shaw, Jnr., even in its current rather dilapidated state, th...
J.L. Garvin, C.H., 1868 - 1947, for thirty-four years Editor of The Observer....
In the spandrels above the entrance door: "Bloomsbury Rifles Pro Patria Semper" ('for my country always'). The technique used for this le...
The unabbreviated text would read in Latin: "Victoria dei gratia Britanniarum Regina", which translates as: "Victoria, by the Grace of Go...
This 1860 building, by architect James Knowles Snr, is studded with many portrait busts of which we believe only these 14 are representat...
The roundels on the north, river-facing, frontage are occupied by, left to right: Anson, Drake, Cook, Howard, Blake, Benbow, Sandwich, Ro...
We would not describe this face as ugly so it can't be Socrates. We reckon it's Homer - he's often shown with a beanie hat.
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