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L I V E
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MARITIME MERCANTILE
CITY
WORLD HERITAGE SITE
SCULPTURES OF THE CULTURAL QUARTER
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Statue of Sir Arthur Bower Forwood, 1836-1898
He was a Liverpool merchant and shipowner. He was a member
of the City Council and served as Mayor. He became chairman
of the Liverpool Constitutional Association, M.P. for
Ormskirk, First Secretary to the Admiralty (1882–1892) and a
Privy Councillor.
Sculptor: George Frampton
Bronze 1903
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Statue of William Rathbone, 1819-1902
He was a merchant and philanthropist and one of the founders
of district nursing. On Florence Nightingale’s advice, he
set up the Liverpool Training School and Home for Nurses. He
was instrumental in the foundation of Liverpool and North
Wales University Colleges. The reliefs on the plinth
illustrate his good works.
Sculptor: George Frampton
Bronze 1899 |
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Statue of Alexander Balfour, 1824-1886
He was a shipowner and philanthropist who helped to found
the Seaman’s Orphanage, the Seaman’s Institute and the
Sailors’ Home.
Sculptor: Albert Bruce Joy
Bronze 1889 |
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Statue of Canon T. Major Lester,
1829-1903
He was Anglican vicar of St Mary’s, Kirkdale, from 1855 and
founder of Kirkdale Ragged Schools and Homes and later, an
honorary canon of Liverpool. He was chairman of the
Liverpool Self-help Emigration Society. From 1891 he was the
chairman of the Liverpool School Board.
Sculptor: George Frampton
Bronze 1907 |
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Statue of William Ewart Gladstone,
1809-1898
He was born in Liverpool, the son of William Gladstone, a
merchant. He went on to be Prime Minister four times.
Sculptor: Thomas Brock
Bronze 1904 |
Statue
of Monsignor James Nugent
He was born in Liverpool and ordained priest at St Nicholas
pro-cathedral, Liverpool, in 1846. He was the first Roman
Catholic chaplain of Walton Prison and founded the Catholic
Institute in Hope Street and the Boys’ Refuge in St Anne
Street. He popularised Penny Savings Banks among the
Liverpool poor.
Sculptor: Frederick William Pomeroy
Bronze 1906 |
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Memorial to the King’s Liverpool
Regiment
This regiment was formed in 1685 as the Princess Anne of
Denmark’s regiment of foot. It underwent several name
changes before being called the King’s Liverpool regiment in
1881.
Sculptor: William Goscombe John
Bronze 1905 |
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