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Rowland Hill, 2nd Viscount Hill

2nd Lord Hill of Hawkstone Park
1800 - 1875
Member of Parliament for Shrewsbury 1821-1842, Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire 1845-1875
(Wikipedia)

Matthew Noble
1876

Shrewsbury / Rowland Hill, 2nd Viscount Hill

Description

Marble statue.

Inscription(s)

VISCOUNT HILL
1800 - 1875
beloved by
tenants and friends
who have erected
this statue
to his memory

presented
to
the town of shrewsbury
by
his grandson
rowland richard clegg-hill
4^th viscount hill
1907

On the lower plinth:

removed from hawkstone park at the / joint expense of / the corporation of shrewsbury / and friends of / the family re-erected 5^th dec 1907

Signed (on the pedestal): m noble sc / london 1876

Annotation

The statue was erected at Hawkstone Park and moved in December 1907 to the present location.

Artist

Matthew Noble (Hackness near Scarborough 1817 - London 1876), British sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Public Monuments and Sculpture Association, National Recording Project Database.

Location (N 52°42'27" - W 2°44'49") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: gbwm002; Photograph: 22 October 2009
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