{On the plinth:}
William Frederick Danvers Smith, 2nd Viscount Hambleden, born 1868, died 1928. Head of the firm of W.H. Smith and Son. Member of Parliament for the Strand Division, 1891 - 1910. Chairman of King's College Hospital.
A public-spirited unselfish gentleman.
WC2, Lincoln's Inn Fields
There was apparently a bust surmounting this plinth with seat but - no more.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
W. H. Smiths - WC2
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