Statue of Sir John Fox Burgoyne

Sir John Fox Burgoyne
Artist	Joseph Edgar Boehm
Completion date	1877
Subject	John Fox Burgoyne
Location	London
Coordinates	51°30′23″N0°07′56″W / 51.5064°N 0.1322°W / 51.5064; -0.1322
Listed Building – Grade II
Official name	Statue of Sir John Fox Burgoyne
Designated	5 February 1970
Reference no.	1066144

The statue of Sir John Fox Burgoyne is a Grade II listed statue on the western flank of Waterloo Place. ^[1] The street has a number of memorials and monuments.

John Fox Burgoyne was a British Army Officer who served in the Peninsular and Crimean War, later becoming a Field Marshal in 1869. ^[2] The statue is by Joseph Edgar Boehm and was unveiled in 1877. It bears the inscription, a quote from Shakespeare's Coriolanus "How youngly he began to serve his country, how long continued", ^[3] reflecting Burgoyne's extensive career in the army, serving just shy of seven decades. ^[4]

References

1. "Statue of Sir John Fox Burgoyne, Non Civil Parish – 1066144 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
2. Baker, Margaret (2002). Discovering London statues and monuments. Discovering series (5. ed., revised and updated ed.). Princes Risborough: Shire Publications. p. 54. ISBN   978-0-7478-0495-6.
3. Matthews, Peter (2012). London's statues and monuments. Shire library. Oxford: Shire Publications. p. 115. ISBN   978-0-7478-0798-8.
4. Blackwood, John; Irwin, Caroline, eds. (1989). London's immortals: the complete outdoor commemorative statues (1. publ ed.). London: Savoy Pr. pp. 264–265. ISBN   978-0-9514296-0-0.

External links

• Media related to Statue of John Fox Burgoyne, London at Wikimedia Commons