1906
Alfred Brumwell Thomas
Architecture of Belfast
Belfast Statues & Monuments
Donegall Square Belfast
Frederick Pomeroy
1906 – Lord Dufferin Memorial, Belfast
Architect: Sir Alfred Thomas Brumwell / Sculptor: Frederick Pomeroy
Sculpted by Frederick Pomeroy and assisted by Sir Alfred Thomas Brumwell, the architect of City Hall, this memorial was unveiled in 1906. Frederick Temple the Marquess of Dufferin and Ava through a number of diplomatic roles worked in India, Canada, Russia, Turkey, Rome and Paris. The sculpture shows the Marquess depicted in the robes of the Order of St Patrick below a canopy surmounted by the winged figure of Fame. Accompanying figures represent Canada and India – the turbaned and sabred Indian sits on a cannon while the Canadian voyageur sits on a dead moose.