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....
The bust was commissioned from Calcutta, "a spiritual home for Keib". His bust in the Islamic garden depicts a great listener & story...
This 1860 building, by architect James Knowles Snr, is studded with many portrait busts of which we believe only these 14 are representat...
These two busts are above the second floor bay windows, Dickens on Parliament Street, Chaucer on the return in Derby Gate. The building ...
All four of the Leicester Square busts were removed in the 2010-12 redesign of the Square - see (Hogarth bust for more information.
Building by A. W. Cooksey, 1900. The small busts of the charity children recall the statues which flanked the original Cass statue in its...
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