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Title
Earl Charles Grey (1764–1845)
Date
1838
Medium
marble, sandstone ashlar & Portland stone
Measurements
H 390 x W (?) x D (?) cm;
Plinth: H 4400 x W (?) x D (?) cm
Accession number
NE1_SD_S052
Acquisition method
erected by public subscription
Work type
Statue
Owner
Newcastle City Council
Custodian
Newcastle City Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade I (England and Wales)
Unveiling date
24th August 1838
Listing date
14/06/54
Access
at all times
Inscription description
colum, south face: THIS COLUMN WAS ERECTED IN 1838 / TO COMMEMORATE / THE SERVICES RENDERED TO HIS COUNTRY BY / CHARLES EARL GREY KG / WHO, DURING AN ACTIVE POLITICAL CAREER OF / NEARLY HALF A CENTURY / WAS THE CONSTANT ADVOCATE OF PEACE / AND THE FEARLESS AND CONSISTENT CHAMPION OF / CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY. / HE FIRST DIRECTED HIS EFFORTS TO THE AMENDMENT / OF THE REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE IN 1792, / AND WAS THE MINISTER / BY WHOSE ADVICE, AND UNDER WHOSE GUIDANCE, / THE GREAT MEASURE OF PARLIAMENTARY REFORM / WAS AFTER AN ARDUOUS AND PROTRACTED STRUGGLE / SAFELY AND TRIUMPHANTLY ACHIEVED / IN THE YEAR 1832.; column, north face: AFTER A CENTURY OF CIVIL PEACE, / THE PEOPLE RENEW / THEIR GRATITUDE TO THE AUTHOUR / OF THE GREAT REFORM BILL / 1932.