Erection date: 1877
{On the front of the plinth:}
John Fox Burgoyne, Field-Marshal. C.C.B. Born 1782 - died 1871.
Erected by his brother officers of Royal Engineers.
"How youngly he began to serve his country, how long continued" Coriolanus.
The quote is from Shakespeare's play Coriolanus.
SW1, Waterloo Place
This statue and that opposite, of Lawrence, form a pair: by the same sculptor, with the same Shakespearian quote.
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John Fox Burgoyne
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John Fox Burgoyne
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