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....
Unveiled by Prince Philip in 1967. Inside the bust there is a ½ pint Guinness bottle and a note written by Belsky. The Guinness was, it i...
Lea Cornthwaite suggested this might be the Duke of Cambridge. Stephen Brasher suggested Lord Salisbury.  Comparing pictures of the cont...
These two must be Somerset and Raglan but which is which we can't tell you.
But look at head 8 too, that's also a candidate for Milton.
This could equally well be Caxton (they are both always shown with this headgear, full beard and moustache) but the lack of sideburns see...
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