The statue was situated inside the Royal Pavilion from 1859. In 1914 it was moved to the entrance hall of Brighton Museum. In 1940 the statue was moved to 'storage' which was in the bushes next to the Rangers yard at Stanmer Park. I decided to go and look for this statue and took a few trips to Stanmer over the past few months but I was unable to find him.
I came across a website saying he had been moved to Waterloo Street during 2014. Coincidentally I had gone down Waterloo Street a few weeks ago and had taken a photo of this strange new statue that had appeared there - not knowing it was in fact the statue I had been looking for all along. A happy ending though. It's nice to think people can now appreciate what's left of it after its 74 years of neglect at Stanmer Park.
