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 12 s. vni. JAN. s, i92i.] NOTES AND QUERIES. 25 in Stratford (with a short break when he resided at Wotton Wawen) as usher, scrivener, clock-keeper, assistant-minister or in some other capacity for over half a cen- tury, and must have been a very familiar figure to "William Shakespeare. EDGAR I. FRIPP. (To be continued.) STATUES AND MEMORIALS IN THE BRITISH ISLES. (See 10 S. xi., xii. : 11 S. i.-xii. : 12 S. i.-vi., passim.} ROYAL PERSONAGES. Boadicea. Westminster Bridge, inscrip- tions ; Boadicea | (Boudicca) | Queen of the Iceni 1 who died A.D. 61 | after leading her people j against the Roman invader. | This Statue by Thomas Thornycroft | was presented to London by his son | Sir John Isaac Thornycroft, C.E. | and placed here by the London County Council j A.D. 1902. | Regions Caesar never knew | Thy posterity shall sway. | Parliament Hill, Essex Naturalist, viii., 1894, p. 248. Elizabeth, dau. of Charles I. Newport Church, I.O.W. Monument by Marochetti, erected by Queen Victoria. Charles II. Old Southwark Town Hall (12 S. v. 260)., underneath the statue was an inscription: " Combustum an. 1676. Reedificatum Annis 1685 et 1686." Re- moved from the watch-house to the garden of Mr. Edmonds at Walworth (Gent. Mag., 1840, pt. i., p. 359). Offered for sale by a Kensington dealer in 1915, who found it in a field at Hayes, Middlesex (John o' London's Weekly, Sept. 4, 1920). Stocks' Market (12 S. v. 260). Sloane MS. 655, f. 42b. Charlotte. Kew Palace (Queen's bed- room). Brass plate over fireplace with inscription ; This tablet is placed here I by command of | Her Majesty Queen Victoria ] in memory of her grandmother | Her Majesty Queen Charlotte | consort of | His Majesty King George III. There is also a bust of Charlotte by Percy Fitzgerald in the room. George IV. Kingstown Harbour, Dublin. Obelisk surmounted by a crown marking the spot where the king ran down the slope to his barge. Royal Dublin Society (on staircase) statue with inscription ; This Statue | of | His Majesty George IV. 1 was erected by | the Merchants engaged in the | Linen Trade of Ireland | to commemorate | Hi&- Majesty's gracious visit | to the | Linen Hall j on the 23rd of August | 1821. | T. Kirk fecit ] R. H. A. | 182L. [sic] DUBLIN. In entrance hall, Royal Dublin Society, statue by William Behnes, completed by C. Panormo, inscription on front of pedestal - r GEOBGIVS | IV. | MDCCCXXI. Bust in Goldsmith's Hall, London. Caroline. Statues at Queen's College, ~ Oxford and Stowe, Bucks. William IV. Statues over gateway, Royal Victualling Yard, Cremill, Plymouth, and Bank of England (Cheese). Busts in Gold- smiths' Hall (Chantrey), Vauxhall Gardens (sold for 10,9. in 1844) and on staircase of the Tower armoury. Victoria. Buckingham Palace, the National Memorial was prepared on Prim- rose Hill the large temporary wooden erection near the gymnasium being put up for the purpose ; see ' The Regent's Park and Primrose Hill ' (Webster), p. 90. Entrance hall, St. Thomas's Hospital, white marble statue in state robes, by M. Noble, the gift of Sir John Musgrove, Bart., President,. - 1873. Junior Constitutional Club, Picca- dilly, white marble statue in state robes, by [Sir] Thomas Brock, with inscription ; This statue in commemoration of the Diamond Jubilee was subscribed for by members of the Club, and was unveiled on 5th February, 1902, by the Marquess of Salisbury, K.G., Prime Minister. St. Paul's Cathedral, in front of steps, inscription ; Here Queen Victoria | returned thanks to | Almighty God for the | sixtieth anniversary | of her accession, | June 22, A.D. 1897. | Houses of Parliament, two statues in Victoria Tower, one within the porch and the other immediately above the entrance, in Prince's Chamber (north wall) marble statue by J. Gibson. See also * Return of Outdoor Memorials in London,' issued by L.C.C., 1910, pp. 51-53. Maidstone, Kent, statue at top of High Street, by John Thorna- 3, with inscription ; The gift of j Alexander Randall | to his native town | 1862. | Plaster replica in the town museum- Dublin. Courtyard of Leinster House, bronze statue by John Hughes, the pedestal being- wrought in France of French stone by H. Vienne. The three bronze groups represent Peace, Industry and War ; it is still un- completed and its effect spoiled by the sur- rounding high buildings. Unveiled Feb. 15 r.