| Quintin and Alice Hogg Memorial | |
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| Year | 1906 |
| Location | United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 51°31′08″N0°08′40″W / 51.518931°N 0.144429°W /51.518931; -0.144429 |
TheQuintin and Alice Hogg Memorial is a memorial for English philanthropistQuintin Hogg and his wife Alice stands onPortland Place in centralLondon, oppositeBBC Broadcasting House. The bronze memorial depicts Quintin Hogg with two boys, and stands on a plinth ofPortland stone. It was designed byGeorge Frampton and erected in 1906. The memorial also honours Hogg's wife, Alice, and those members of theRegent Street Polytechnic (now theUniversity of Westminster) killed inWorld War I andWorld War II.[1]
The memorial has beenGrade II listed since February 1970.[2]
There are three inscriptions on the memorial, to honour the Hoggs, and those members of the polytechnic killed in the World Wars.[3]
On the front face of the plinth:
Quintin Hogg, 1845–1903. Erected by the members of the polytechnic to the memory of their founder
On the left face of the plinth:
1845–1918, Alice A Hogg, whose unfailing love & devotion contributed so greatly to the success of the polytechnic.
On the right face of the plinth:
1914–1918,pro patria
To the members of the polytechnic who made the supreme sacrifice.
1939–1945
The University'sQuintin Hogg Memorial Sports Ground (51°28′38″N0°15′59″W / 51.4773472°N 0.266462°W /51.4773472; -0.266462) is also in London, on Hartington Road,Chiswick.[4]
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