The statue of
Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea
Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea, PC (16 September 1810 – 2 August 1861) was a British statesman and a close ally and confidant of Florence Nightingale.
Early life
He was the younger son of George Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke, his m ...
is an outdoor sculpture in London, United Kingdom. Created by
J. H. Foley, it was erected by public subscription in 1867 and was originally placed in the courtyard of
Cumberland House
Cumberland House was a mansion on the south side of Pall Mall in London, England. It was built in the 1760s by Matthew Brettingham for Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany and was originally called York House. The Duke of York died in 1767 a ...
,
Pall Mall (which at the time was the headquarters of the
War Office
The War Office was a department of the British Government responsible for the administration of the British Army between 1857 and 1964, when its functions were transferred to the new Ministry of Defence (MoD). This article contains text from ...
).
It moved with the War Office to
Whitehall
Whitehall is a road and area in the City of Westminster, Central London. The road forms the first part of the A roads in Zone 3 of the Great Britain numbering scheme, A3212 road from Trafalgar Square to Chelsea, London, Chelsea. It is the main ...
in 1906, where it was placed (out of public sight) in the courtyard of the new
War Office building;
but eight years later it was moved again to Waterloo Place to stand alongside the
Crimean War Memorial
The Guards Crimean War Memorial is a Grade II listed memorial in St James's, London, that commemorates the Allied victory in the Crimean War of 1853–56. It is located on Waterloo Place, at the junction of Regent Street and Pall Mall, approxima ...
, where it is paired with a statue of Herbert's friend and fellow reformer
Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale (; 12 May 1820 – 13 August 1910) was an English Reform movement, social reformer, statistician and the founder of modern nursing. Nightingale came to prominence while serving as a manager and trainer of nurses during t ...
.
See also
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Crimean War Memorial
The Guards Crimean War Memorial is a Grade II listed memorial in St James's, London, that commemorates the Allied victory in the Crimean War of 1853–56. It is located on Waterloo Place, at the junction of Regent Street and Pall Mall, approxima ...
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Statue of Florence Nightingale, London
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1915 sculptures
Herbert, Sidney
Monuments and memorials in London
Outdoor sculptures in London
Sculptures of men in the United Kingdom
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