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Title
Queensberry Column
Date
1780
Medium
stone & marble stucco
Measurements
H 1000 x W (?) x D (?) cm (E)
Accession number
DG1_FJ_S009
Acquisition method
commissioned by Thomas Boyd
Work type
Monument
Owner
Dumfries & Galloway Council
Custodian
Dumfries & Galloway Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
A (Scotland)
Listing date
11/07/61
Access
at all times
Inscription description
inscribed on south side: This Column. / Sacred to the memory of / CHARLES DUKE of QUEENSBURY and DOVER / was erected by / The County of Dumfries, / as a monument of / their veneration for the character / of that illustrious Nobleman: / whose exalted virtues / Rendered him the ornament of Society, / and whose numerous acts of / public beneficence and private charity / endeared him to his country. / Ob. 22nd Oct. 1778: Æt. 80.
