Sir George Rowland Hill (1855–1928)

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World Rugby Museum

Twickenham

Title

Sir George Rowland Hill (1855–1928)

Date

1929

Medium

bronze

Accession number

ARTUK10

Work type

Relief

Inscription description

lettering engraved into stone beneath the relief, on the east side of the gates: SIR GEORGE / ROWLAND HILL / 1855 1928 / RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION / COMMITTEE 1879 1928 / HONORARY SECRETARY 1881 1904 / PRESIDENT 1904 1907; lettering engraved into the central stone pillar, on the west side of the gates: ERECTED IN MEMORY OF / SIR GEORGE ROWLAND HILL / WHO DEVOTED HIS LIFE / TO THE SERVICE OF OUR GAME / THROUGHOUT THE BRITISH EMPIRE / 1929

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