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equestrian statue of Viscount Gough is in North-East England, United Kingdom.

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Castles · North East England

equestrian statue of Viscount Gough

equestrian statue of Viscount Gough in England North East, United Kingdom.

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equestrian statue of Viscount Gough is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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The Gough Monument is an equestrian statue of Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough in the grounds of Chillingham Castle in Chillingham, Northumberland, United Kingdom. John Henry Foley was commissioned to a statue of Gough but died before its completion, leaving his pupil Thomas Brock to finish it. The statue was previously located in Phoenix Park in Dublin but after several attacks to the statue and an explosion from the Irish Republican Army (IRA), it was moved to the Royal Hospital Kilmainham. It was later purchased by Rupert Guinness, 2nd Earl of Iveagh and moved to its current location in Chillingham Castle, where it was restored. The statue depicts Gough on a horse wearing an honorary colonel uniform of the Royal Horse Guards, with the Order of St Patrick, the Bath and the Star of India on it. The statue is on a stone pedestal with an inscription about Gough's military life.

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John Henry Foley was commissioned to make a statue of Gough in around 1868. His pupil Thomas Brock was chosen to cast the design by people who subscribed to the monument. The cast used for the horse on Foley's previous work, an equestrian statue of Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge, was repurposed for the Gough Monument. The statue was paid for via public subscription, with the British government providing captured guns for the casting, which Brock melted, adding tin to the alloy to assist with the melting. It was originally intended to be placed in Kolkata, India, but was moved to Dublin as Foley had wanted his native city to have one of his equestrian statues. The two committees…

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Coordinates: 55.5262, -1.9117
Address: Chillingham Castle
Established: 1878
Opening: | restore =

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wikidata: Q132191679 (CC0)
wikipedia: Gough Monument (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Castles · North East England

Chillingham Castle

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