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Thomas Thornycroft

Index Thomas Thornycroft

Thomas Thornycroft (19 May 1815 – 30 August 1885) was an English sculptor and engineer. [1]

37 relations: Albert Memorial, Albert, Prince Consort, Art Union of London, Boadicea and Her Daughters, Brenchley, Bronze, Chiswick, Congleton, Dictionary of National Biography, Equestrian statue, Estate (law), Gawsworth, George Benjamin Thorneycroft, George Gilbert Scott, Grosvenor Park, Chester, Hamo Thornycroft, House of Lords, Hyde Park Corner, John Francis (sculptor), John Isaac Thornycroft, Kensington Gardens, Ledbury, Mary Thornycroft, Middlesex, Old Bailey, Oxford University Press, Palace of Westminster, Poets' Fountain, Queen Victoria, Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster, Scythe, Siegfried Sassoon, The Great Exhibition, Theresa Thornycroft, Victoria Embankment, Westminster Abbey, Westminster Bridge.

Albert Memorial

The Albert Memorial is situated in Kensington Gardens, London, directly to the north of the Royal Albert Hall.

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Albert, Prince Consort

Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Francis Albert Augustus Charles Emmanuel; 26 August 1819 – 14 December 1861) was the husband and consort of Queen Victoria.

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Art Union of London

The Art Union of London, established in 1837, was an organisation which distributed works of art amongst its subscribers by lottery.

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Boadicea and Her Daughters

Boadicea and Her Daughters is a bronze sculptural group in London featuring Boudica, queen of the Celtic Iceni tribe who led an uprising in Roman Britain.

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Brenchley

Brenchley is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England.

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Bronze

Bronze is an alloy consisting primarily of copper, commonly with about 12% tin and often with the addition of other metals (such as aluminium, manganese, nickel or zinc) and sometimes non-metals or metalloids such as arsenic, phosphorus or silicon.

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Chiswick

Chiswick is a district of west London, England.

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Congleton

Congleton is a town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England.

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Dictionary of National Biography

The Dictionary of National Biography (DNB) is a standard work of reference on notable figures from British history, published from 1885.

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Equestrian statue

An equestrian statue is a statue of a rider mounted on a horse, from the Latin "eques", meaning "knight", deriving from "equus", meaning "horse".

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Estate (law)

An estate, in common law, is the net worth of a person at any point in time alive or dead.

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Gawsworth

Gawsworth is a civil parish and village in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England.

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George Benjamin Thorneycroft

Wealthy industrialist George Benjamin Thorneycroft (20 August 1791 – 28 April 1851) was a successful ironmaster and Tory supporter who became the first Mayor of Wolverhampton, after the Borough was incorporated, in 1848.

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George Gilbert Scott

Sir George Gilbert Scott (13 July 1811 – 27 March 1878), styled Sir Gilbert Scott, was a prolific English Gothic revival architect, chiefly associated with the design, building and renovation of churches and cathedrals, although he started his career as a leading designer of workhouses.

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Grosvenor Park, Chester

Grosvenor Park is a public park in the city of Chester, Cheshire, England.

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Hamo Thornycroft

Sir William Hamo Thornycroft (9 March 1850 – 18 December 1925) was an English sculptor, responsible for some of London’s best-known statues.

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House of Lords

The House of Lords of the United Kingdom, also known as the House of Peers, is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Hyde Park Corner

Hyde Park Corner is an area in London, England, located around a major road junction at the southeastern corner of Hyde Park.

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John Francis (sculptor)

John Francis (3 September 1780 – 30 August 1861) was an English sculptor.

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John Isaac Thornycroft

Sir John Isaac Thornycroft (1843–1928) was an English shipbuilder, the founder of the Thornycroft shipbuilding company and member of the Thornycroft family.

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Kensington Gardens

Kensington Gardens, once the private gardens of Kensington Palace, are among the Royal Parks of London.

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Ledbury

Ledbury is a Herefordshire market town, lying east of Hereford, and west of the Malvern Hills.

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Mary Thornycroft

Mary Thornycroft (née Francis) (1809 – 1 February 1895) was a British sculptor and a member of the Thornycroft family.

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Middlesex

Middlesex (abbreviation: Middx) is an historic county in south-east England.

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Old Bailey

The Central Criminal Court of England and Wales, commonly referred to as the Old Bailey from the street on which it stands, is a court in London and one of a number of buildings housing the Crown Court.

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Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is the largest university press in the world, and the second oldest after Cambridge University Press.

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Palace of Westminster

The Palace of Westminster is the meeting place of the House of Commons and the House of Lords, the two houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Poets' Fountain

The Poets' Fountain was a public fountain with sculptures that was installed on a traffic island in Park Lane, London in 1875.

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Queen Victoria

Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death.

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Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster

Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster (27 January 1795 – 31 October 1869), styled The Honourable Richard Grosvenor from 1795 to 1802, Viscount Belgrave from 1802 to 1831 and Earl Grosvenor from 1831 to 1845, was an English politician, landowner, property developer and benefactor.

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Scythe

A scytheOxford English Dictionary, Oxford University Press, 1933: Scythe is an agricultural hand tool for mowing grass or reaping crops.

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Siegfried Sassoon

Siegfried Loraine Sassoon, (8 September 1886 – 1 September 1967) was an English poet, writer, and soldier.

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The Great Exhibition

The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations or The Great Exhibition, sometimes referred to as the Crystal Palace Exhibition in reference to the temporary structure in which it was held, was an international exhibition that took place in Hyde Park, London, from 1 May to 15 October 1851.

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Theresa Thornycroft

Theresa Thornycroft (1853 – July 1947) was an English sculptor and painter.

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Victoria Embankment

Victoria Embankment is part of the Thames Embankment, a road and river-walk along the north bank of the River Thames in London.

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Westminster Abbey

Westminster Abbey, formally titled the Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, is a large, mainly Gothic abbey church in the City of Westminster, London, England, just to the west of the Palace of Westminster.

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Westminster Bridge

Westminster Bridge is a road-and-foot-traffic bridge over the River Thames in London, linking Westminster on the west side and Lambeth on the east side.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Thornycroft

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