Erection date: 1831
William Pitt, born MDCCLIX, died MDCCCVI
{1759 - 1806}
According to an information board in the square this bronze statue was erected in 1831 and survived an attempt by Reform Bill agitators to pull it down on the opening day.
W1, Hanover Square
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
William Pitt statue
Born Hayes, Kent. Son of William Pitt the Elder. Tory. Entered parliament in ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
William Pitt statue
Sculptor. Born Francis Leggatt Chantry at Jordanthorpe, near Norton, Derbyshi...
Unveiled by the Queen. Modelled by Jackson on the 1929 statue by Goulden in the Foreign Office.
The scholars are on the central facade of the building: boy to left, girl to right, with the British Royal coat of arms between. Above th...
This statue is a copy of the one in Highgate.
{On the plinth:} Isambard Kingdom Brunel, civil engineer, born 1806, died 1859.
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