Erection date: 2/5/1832
{On the front of the plinth:}
George Canning
Bronze.
SW1, Parliament Square, Canning Green
The statue was first erected in Palace Yard in 1832 and moved to this site in 1867, the first statue in Parliament Square.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
George Canning statue
Prime Minister 1827-1827 (only 119 days, the shortest PM tenure). Born Maryle...
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George Canning statue
Sculptor. Born Grosvenor Square. One of the Commissioners for the Great Exhib...
Nemon sculpted Freud for this statue in 1931 in Vienna and there it was intended to be erected. Both subject and sculptor fled from the N...
In Exhibition Road façade, on left of picture. This bronze statue stands in a niche although it was intended to be on a plinth.
In 1859 only the Guards Memorial was erected, closer to Pall Mall. In 1914 this was moved back to make room for the two statues in front.
According to an information board in the square this bronze statue was erected in 1831 and survived an attempt by Reform Bill agitators ...
Unveiled by Montgomery in the presence of McFall, Churchill himself and a large crowd. One of only a few statues in London unveiled whil...
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