Weymouth, Dorset
Sir Henry Edwards
On the northern corner of Alexandra Gardens you will find the statue of Sir Henry Edwards.
The over life-size figure is cut in white marble. There is considerable biological growth to the front of the head and the upper part of the body. Sir Henry stands facing north with his weight on his left leg, the right slightly bent. His left hand, a fist, on his hip - sweeping his knee-length coat behind it. He is dressed in late 19th century costume; winged collar, cravat and double-breasted waistcoat. The rear of his coat has pleats falling from two buttons at the centre waist. His right arm hangs straight with a rolled sheaf of papers in his hand. To the rear a narrow pedestal, half the height of the figure, is draped with apparently heavy cloth. The square marble base of the figure is supported on a granite pedestal with very large crystaline formation. There is a cornice at the top of the shaft bearing the inscription and a wider cyma-moulded lower part.
The statue of Sir Henry Edwards, MP for Weymouth for 18 years from 1867 to 1885, is unusual in being erected during his lifetime as a tribute and not a memorial. It was unveiled by the the Mayor, Alderman Howard, in the presence of the Lord Mayor of London 'and large assemblage, on 13 January 1886'. He was able to give to the Borough on a massive scale. He provided money for cottage homes for the poor at Rodwell and Edwardsville, a Working Men's Club and peal of ten bells for the Christ Church tower. He died on 4 February 1897.
On the front face of the pedestal reads:-
“Erected by Public Subscription AD 1885
To Perpetuate the Memory of the Public Services Munificent Charity and Private Worth of Sir Henry Edward MP. One of the Representatives of Weymouth & Melcombe-Regis in the House of Commons from 1867 to 1885 When the Town Ceased to be a Parliamentary Borough.”
Weymouth, Dorset
Sir Henry Edwards
On the northern corner of Alexandra Gardens you will find the statue of Sir Henry Edwards.
The over life-size figure is cut in white marble. There is considerable biological growth to the front of the head and the upper part of the body. Sir Henry stands facing north with his weight on his left leg, the right slightly bent. His left hand, a fist, on his hip - sweeping his knee-length coat behind it. He is dressed in late 19th century costume; winged collar, cravat and double-breasted waistcoat. The rear of his coat has pleats falling from two buttons at the centre waist. His right arm hangs straight with a rolled sheaf of papers in his hand. To the rear a narrow pedestal, half the height of the figure, is draped with apparently heavy cloth. The square marble base of the figure is supported on a granite pedestal with very large crystaline formation. There is a cornice at the top of the shaft bearing the inscription and a wider cyma-moulded lower part.
The statue of Sir Henry Edwards, MP for Weymouth for 18 years from 1867 to 1885, is unusual in being erected during his lifetime as a tribute and not a memorial. It was unveiled by the the Mayor, Alderman Howard, in the presence of the Lord Mayor of London 'and large assemblage, on 13 January 1886'. He was able to give to the Borough on a massive scale. He provided money for cottage homes for the poor at Rodwell and Edwardsville, a Working Men's Club and peal of ten bells for the Christ Church tower. He died on 4 February 1897.
On the front face of the pedestal reads:-
“Erected by Public Subscription AD 1885
To Perpetuate the Memory of the Public Services Munificent Charity and Private Worth of Sir Henry Edward MP. One of the Representatives of Weymouth & Melcombe-Regis in the House of Commons from 1867 to 1885 When the Town Ceased to be a Parliamentary Borough.”