2016

NZ2464 : Grey's Monument Inscription

taken 8 years ago, near to Gateshead, England

Grey's Monument Inscription
Grey's Monument Inscription
The main inscription on the plinth of NZ2464 : Newcastle-on-Tyne, Grey's Monument reads:

THIS COLUMN WAS ERECTED IN 1838
TO COMMEMORATE
THE SERVICES RENDERED TO HIS COUNTRY BY
CHARLES EARL GREY K.G.
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.

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NZ2464, 2466 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
David Dixon   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Wednesday, 23 March, 2016   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 29 March, 2016
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NZ 248 644 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:58.4267N 1:36.7900W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NZ 248 644
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North-northwest (about 337 degrees)
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