Statue of Sir Robert Peel, Winckley Square, Preston, Lancashire
This statue of Sir Robert Peel was put up in 1852. He was born in Lancashire. He was twice Prime Minister and also helped to create the police force. This statue has the inscriptions "SIR/ ROBERT PEEL/ BARONET" and "ERECTED/ BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION/ 1852". It also had the inscription "THOMAS MONK ESQ., MAYOR", however this was erased following Thomas Monk's sentence to penal servitude (prison) for life in 1858, when he was convicted for forging a will.
