Erection date: 31/10/1988
{On the front of the plinth:]
A champion of English freedom
John Wilkes
1727 - 1797
Member of Parliament
Lord Mayor
{On the back of the plinth:}
This memorial statue was erected by admirers and unveiled in October 1988 by Dr James Cope.
{Inscribed on the base of the statue:}
James Butler RA
The Wilkes squint has been faithfully reproduced in the statue.
EC4, Fetter Lane
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Wilkes
A champion of English freedom, establishing the campaigning newspaper "The No...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Wilkes
One of Britain's foremost figurative sculptors. Born New Cross. Interestingly...
Medical adviser to City Companies, with an interest in history, particularly ...
Seated at his feet is his dog Hector, who has an ear missing as a result of a boy having to be cut free when he got stuck whilst climbing...
Slightly smaller than life-size, we believe this statue was created by John Carew sometime between 1844 and the 1851 Great Exhibition or ...
Unveiled by the then Prince of Wales, unusually in the subject's lifetime. Too ill to attend the ceremony Peabody died 3 months later. At...
Unveiled by George VI and we thank Jamie Davis for finding this link to the British Pathe news film of the unveiling.  Everyone who was a...
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