Erection date: 1930
Inscription
{Carved into the stone of the pedestal:}
Northcliffe MDCCCLXV - MCMXXII
{1865 - 1922}
Unveiled in 1930 by Lord Riddell.
Site: St Dunstan in the West (4 memorials)
EC4, Fleet Street
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
St Dunstans - Lord Northcliffe
Subjects commemorated i
Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount 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
Created by i
Sir Edwin Lutyens
Architect. Born at 16 Onslow Square. Specialised in English country houses. C...
Baron George Allardice Riddell
Newspaper proprietor, The News of the World in particular. Chairman of the R...
Lady Kathleen Scott
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
Also at this site i
St Dunstans - Elizabeth I statue
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St Dunstans - Garvin
J.L. Garvin, C.H., 1868 - 1947, for thirty-four years Editor of The Observer....
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