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Foreign Office Statue

The statue of the 4th Earl of Clarendon KG GCB at the foot of the Grand Staircase in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), on 17th September 2017, in Whitehall, London, England. George William Frederick Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon KG GCB PC (1800–1870), was an English diplomat and statesman. The main Foreign Office building is in King Charles Street, and was built by George Gilbert Scott in partnership with Matthew Digby Wyatt and completed in 1868 as part of the new block of government offices which included the India Office and later (1875) the Colonial and Home Offices. George Gilbert Scott was responsible for the overall classical design of these offices but he had an amicable partnership with Wyatt, the India Office’s Surveyor, who designed and built the interior of the India Office.

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The statue of the 4th Earl of Clarendon KG GCB at the foot of the Grand Staircase in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), on 17th September 2017, in Whitehall, London, England. George William Frederick Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon KG GCB PC (1800–1870), was an English diplomat and statesman. The main Foreign Office building is in King Charles Street, and was built by George Gilbert Scott in partnership with Matthew Digby Wyatt and completed in 1868 as part of the new block of government offices which included the India Office and later (1875) the Colonial and Home Offices. George Gilbert Scott was responsible for the overall classical design of these offices but he had an amicable partnership with Wyatt, the India Office’s Surveyor, who designed and built the interior of the India Office.