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Statue

Westminster School - old boys - 2 - Edward the Confessor

Erection date: 1861

Inscription

Edwardus Confessor R

Site: Westminster School - old boys (5 memorials)

SW1, Broad Sanctuary

From : This Listed grade II monument was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott. It is in a high Victorian Gothic with a main column in a polished red granite surmounted by a lantern cross and a statue of St. George, by J. R. Clayton.

Apparently a 'lantern cross' should be in the shape of a lantern but does not need any attributes of a cross. This lantern, above the capital and below St George, contains 4 statues of English monarchs carved by J. B. Philip which we have numbered, starting at the south and proceeding anti-clockwise.

also has an entry for this monument.

have an early (but undated, unattributed) photo, probably taken when the memorial was first erected in 1861.

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Westminster School - old boys - 2 - Edward the Confessor

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Edward the Confessor

King of England. Son of Ethelred the Unready. Born between 1003 and 1005 at I...

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Westminster School - old boys - 2 - Edward the Confessor

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John Birnie Philip

John Birnie Philip was born on 23 November 1824 in London, the third son of t...

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Westminster School - old boys - 2 - Edward the Confessor

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