Field Marshall Viscount Gough (1779-1869)

This statue is within the grounds of Chillingham Castle.

I thought the horse was incredibly well sculpted.

Field Marshall Viscount Gough (1779-1869) is said to have commanded in more general actions than any other British officer of his time apart from Wellington. In the Peninsula War he distinguished himself by his bravery and dash and was knighted in 1815. For services in China in 1814 he was created a baronet and made commander-in-chief in India. After a pyrrhic victory over the Sikhs at Chillanwallah in 1849 his star went temporarily into decline. However, victory at Goojerat in the same year quickly restored his reputation and he died a viscount.

The inscription reads:

IN HONOUR OF / FIELD MARSHALL HUGH VISCOUNT GOUGH, K.P., G.C.B., G.C.S.I.
AN ILLUSTRIOUS IRISHMAN,
WHOSE ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE PENINSULAR WAR, IN CHINA, AND IN INDIA, HAVE ADDED LUSTRE
TO THE MILITARY GLORY OF HIS COUNTRY, WHICH HE FAITHFULLY SERVED FOR SEVENTY FIVE YEARS.
THIS STATUE [ CAST FROM CANNON TAKEN BY TROOPS UNDER HIS COMMAND AND GRANTED BY PARLIAMENT FOR THE PURPOSE]
IS ERECTED BY FRIENDS AND COMRADES.