The statue of

Sir Thomas Jackson, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Jackson, 1st Baronet, (; 1841 – 1915) was an Irish bank manager who was the third chief manager of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. He was responsible for financing the development of colonial Hong Kong under the first ...

is a

bronze sculpture Bronze is the most popular metal for Casting (metalworking), cast metal sculptures; a cast bronze sculpture is often called simply "a bronze". It can be used for statues, singly or in groups, reliefs, and small statuettes and figurines, as w ...

Mario Raggi Mario Raggi (1821–26 November 1907) was an Italian sculptor who settled in England, where he received several public commissions for statues of civic figures. Biography Raggi was born in Carrara, Italy, where he learnt to sculpt, and won seve ...

, installed in

Statue Square Statue Square ( zh, t=皇后像廣場; lit. "Empress' Statue Square") is a public pedestrian square in Central, Hong Kong. Built entirely on reclaimed land at the end of the 19th century, Statue Square consists of two parts separated by ...

, a public pedestrian square in Central,

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

. It was unveiled on 24 February 1906 by the

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, Sir

Matthew Nathan Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Matthew Nathan (3 January 1862 – 18 April 1939) was a British soldier and colonial administrator, who variously served as the governor of Sierra Leone, Gold Coast, Hong Kong, Natal and Queensland. He was Under-Secre ...

. At that time, the statue was facing the HSBC building.

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