The equestrian statue of Charles I at Charing Cross, London, England, is a work by the French sculptor Hubert Le Sueur, probably cast in 1633 during Charles’ lifetime. It is the oldest bronze statue i
The statue stands in the spot formerly occupied by this Eleanor cross, the Charing Cross, commissioned 1291 and demolished 1647
The plaque added to the base after the Second World War
Herbert Vivian was an English journalist, author and newspaper owner, who befriended Lord Randolph Churchill, Charles Russell, Leopold Maxse and others in the 1880s. He campaigned for Irish Home Rule
Herbert Vivian in 1905
Wreath laying at the statue of Charles I by The Legitimist Club in 1897