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Description: | Drinking and ornamental fountain. Polished granite obelisk. Fountains have bronze lions for taps. Bronze medallion portrait of Blundell on lower part of obelisk. Additional Information: Colonel H. B. Blundell, (1831-1906), son of Major General Richard Hollinshead Blundell. Educated at Eton and Christ Church Oxford . Served in the Crimea and on the Nile Expedition, 1884-85. Conservative MP for Wigan. Supporter of the Mines Regulation Act. Fought several elections in Wigan, first winning the Ince division in 1885. He won again in 1886, but was defeated in 1892. Won again in 1895 but was swept away by the Liberal landslide of 1906. | Subjects: | Drinking Fountain | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Sculptor: Millson, J. J. | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=7544... | Go to resource |
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