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Charles Rolls (1877–1910)
Charles Rolls (1877–1910)
Charles Rolls (1877–1910)
Charles Rolls (1877–1910)
Charles Rolls (1877–1910)
Charles Rolls (1877–1910)
Charles Rolls (1877–1910)
Charles Rolls (1877–1910)
Charles Rolls (1877–1910)
Charles Rolls (1877–1910)
Charles Rolls (1877–1910)
Charles Rolls (1877–1910)
Charles Rolls (1877–1910)
Charles Rolls (1877–1910)
Charles Rolls (1877–1910)
Charles Rolls (1877–1910)

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A memorial to the Hon. Charles Rolls, pioneer of motoring and aviation and one of the two founders of the Rolls Royce Company. Born in 1877, the son of Lord Llangattock of the Hendre near Monmouth, he was killed in a flying accident at Bournemouth in 1910. The statue is a bronze standing figure of the Hon. Charles Rolls. The plinth is of Shap granite with two square steps and a square base. A further plinth with a slight taper carries three bronze plaques and supports the statue of Rolls which depicts him standing in a tweed suit and gazing quizzically at a model of the biplane he was flying when he was killed. The plaques, which are in art-nouveau style, show scenes of flying, ballooning and motor racing, Rolls' three principal areas of interest.
Title

Charles Rolls (1877–1910)

Date

1911

Medium

bronze

Accession number

NP25_GE_S004

Acquisition method

funded by public subscription

Work type

Statue

Owner

Monmouth Town Council

Custodian

Monmouth Town Council

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade II* (England and Wales)

Unveiling date

19th October 1911

Listing date

15/08/74

Access

at all times

Signature/marks description

rear of base: W.Goscombe John RA 1911

Inscription description

front: CHARLES STEWART ROLLS / MA F.R.G.S./ A.M.I.M.E.C.H..E / BORN AVG 27.1877 / DIED JVLY 12 1910; plaque two: FUNDED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION / TO THE MEMORY OF / THE HONERABLE CHARLES STEWART ROLLS / THIRD SONE OF LORD AND LADY LLANGATTOCK / AS A TRIBUTE OF ADMIRATION / FOR HIS GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS / IN MOTORING BALLOONING AND AVIATION / HE WAS A PIONEER / IN BOTH SCIENTIFIC AND PRACTICAL / MOTORING AND AVIATION / AND THE FIRST TO FLY ACROSS THE CHANNEL / FROM ENGLAND TO FRANCE / AND ACK WITHOUT LANDING / HE LOST HIS LIFE / BY THE WRECKING OF HIS AEROPLANE / AT BOURNEMOUTH JULY 12 1910 / HIS DEATH CAUSED WORLD WIDE REGRET / AND DEEP NATIONAL SORROW.; insised: THIS STATUE WAS UNVEILED ON OCTOBER 19 1911 BY / COLONEL THE RIGHT HONBLE RAGLAN C.B./ WILLIAM SAMBROOKE ESQ. / MAYOR; plaque three: THIS TABLET WAS UNVEILED BY / HON. GEOFFREY SOMERSET, 6TH BARON RAGLAN / TO COMMEMORATE THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF HON. CHARLES ROLLS 12 JULY 1910 / MONMOUTH TOWN COUNCIL AND THE ROLLS ROYCE ENTHUSIASTS CLUB. / 12 JULY 2010.

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Located at

Agincourt Square, Monmouth

NP25 3DY

Located in front of the Shire Hall.