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Balfour Monument

Statue · Liverpool, Merseyside

Depicts Alexander Balfour

Balfour Monument© RodhullandemuCC BY-SA 4.0

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    Plaque. Photo: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0

Where

Liverpool, Merseyside
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Inscription

ALEXANDER BALFOUR MERCHANT AND SHIPOWNER BORN [...] SEPTEMBER 182[?] DIED [...] APRIL 1886 HIS LIFE WAS DEVOTED TO GOD IN NOBLE AND MUNIFICENT EFFORTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF SAILORS, THE EDUCATION OF THE PEOPLE AND THE PROMOTION OF ALL GOOD WORKS. THIS STATUE ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION WAS UNVEILED ON THE [...] DAY OF NOVEMBER 1889.

The name (1)

The names transcribed so far, in the order and spelling engraved. What the stone says about each person is beneath their name; nothing has been added from other records.

  1. Alexander Balfour

    ALEXANDER BALFOUR

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    Cite this name

    Balfour Monument (Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom), Plaque, line 1, "ALEXANDER BALFOUR"; automatically extracted from a photograph, not yet checked; Past on Stone (https://pastonstone.com/name/2283/ : accessed 9 November 2026).

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    Read from: File:Inscription, Balfour monument, St John's Gardens.jpg

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About this memorial

Erected
1889
Made by
Albert Bruce-Joy

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