Editing Statue Square (section)

==The statues==
Today, the only freestanding statue on the Square is the statue of Sir Thomas Jackson. Additionally, a 2.7 m high blind-folded statue of [[Themis]], the Greek Goddess of Justice and Law, stands on top of the pediment of the [[Court of Final Appeal Building]],<ref>[http://www.legco.gov.hk/young/english/building/legco_building_1.html Legislative Council Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100228012628/http://www.legco.gov.hk/young/english/building/legco_building_1.html |date=28 February 2010 }}</ref> and is facing the Square. The statues that have been historically on display on the square include:
* [[Statue of Queen Victoria (Hong Kong)|Statue of Queen Victoria]]. Unveiled on 28 May 1896. Taken by the Japanese during World War II and returned to Hong Kong in 1952. It is now in [[Victoria Park (Hong Kong)|Victoria Park]].
* Statue of [[Albert, Prince Consort|Prince Albert]], added before 1902.<ref name="Trea">Wiltshire, Trea. [First published 1987] (republished & reduced2003). Old Hong Kong – Volume One. Central, Hong Kong: FormAsia Books Ltd. Page 8. {{ISBN|962-7283-59-2}}</ref>{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}
* Statue of the [[Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn|Duke of Connaught]]. Donated by [[Paul Chater|Catchick Paul Chater]] and erected in 1902. It was moved to the waterfront at [[Connaught Road Central]] and [[Pedder Street]] in 1907,<ref name="CityLife">Arthur Hacker, [https://web.archive.org/web/20120430023528/http://www.citylifehk.com/citylife/eng/history_0108.jsp "Statue Square: Arthur Hacker digs up the history on Hong Kong statues"], CityLife</ref> near [[Blake Pier, Central|Blake Pier]].<ref name="details">Liz Chater, [http://gwulo.com/node/4979 Details of statues in Statue Square], Gwulo: Old Hong Kong website</ref>
* [[Statue of Sir Thomas Jackson, 1st Baronet]], the chief manager of [[the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation]]. Unveiled on 24 February 1906 by the [[Governor of Hong Kong|Governor]] Sir [[Matthew Nathan]].
* Statue of [[Edward VII]]. Bronze statue created by [[George Edward Wade]].<ref name="ReferenceA"/> Donated by [[Paul Chater|Catchick Paul Chater]] and unveiled on 6 February 1907 by the Duke of Connaught.<ref name="CityLife"/><ref name="RIHK">{{cite news |date=6 February 1907|title=Royalties in Hongkong |url= http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19070206.2.52.aspx|newspaper= [[The Straits Times]]|location=Singapore |access-date= 19 October 2015}}</ref>
* Statue of the Prince of Wales who later became King [[George V]]. Donated by [[John Bell-Irving]], a director of [[Hongkong Electric Company]] and unveiled on 6 February 1907 by the Duke of Connaught.<ref name="CityLife"/><ref name="RIHK"/>
* Statue of [[Alexandra of Denmark|Queen Alexandra]].<ref name="CityLife"/> Bronze statue created by [[George Edward Wade]].<ref name="ReferenceA"/> Unveiled on 25 November 1909. It was removed during the Japanese occupation.<ref name="gwulo1909">Gwulo.com: [http://gwulo.com/atom/19440 1909 Unveiling statues in Statue Square]</ref><ref>Gwulo.com: [http://gwulo.com/node/11303 Statue of Queen Alexandra (1909-1942)]</ref>
* Statue of [[Mary of Teck]], Princess of Wales and future Queen Mary. Bronze statue created by [[George Edward Wade]].<ref name="ReferenceA"/> Donated by [[Hormusjee Naorojee Mody]] as "a genuine token of the loyalty and esteem of the Parsis for their King and Queen".<ref>{{cite book |title= Edge of empires: Chinese elites and British colonials in Hong Kong|last= Carroll|first= John M|publisher= [[Harvard University Press]]|isbn= 978-0-674-01701-6|page= 163}}</ref> Unveiled on 25 November 1909. It was removed during the Japanese occupation.<ref name="gwulo1909"/><ref>Gwulo.com: [http://gwulo.com/node/11300 Statue of Princess of Wales, later Queen Mary (1909-1942)]</ref>
* Statue of Sir [[Francis Henry May|Henry May]], 15th Governor of Hong Kong. Unveiled on 3 May 1923.<ref name="CityLife"/>
* The HSBC World War I memorial statue, "Fame". Unveiled on 24 May 1923.<ref>[http://gwulo.com/node/7368 "'Fame', HSBC war memorial statue &#91;1923–1942&#93;"], Gwulo: Old Hong Kong website</ref>

In addition, statues of royalty and colonial administrators located outside of Statue Square included:
* Statue of Sir [[Arthur Kennedy (colonial administrator)|Arthur Kennedy]], in the Botanical Gardens ([https://web.archive.org/web/20100315192523/http://www.citylifehk.com/citylife/eng/history_0310.jsp picture]). Erected by public subscription following his death at sea in 1883,<ref>"[http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Article/stweekly18830726.2.4.12.aspx A Statue to Sir Arthur Kennedy in Hongkong]", ''[[The Straits Times]]'', Weekly Issue, 26 July 1883, Page 7</ref> it was unveiled in November 1887 by the newly arrived Governor [[William Des Vœux]] and stood "above the second terrace looking down on the fountain".<ref>{{cite book |title= The Straits of Malacca, in relation to the problems of the Indian and Pacific Oceans|last= K. E. Shaw, George Gray Thomson|year= 1973|publisher= University Education Press|page= 192}}</ref> It was removed during the Japanese occupation, and never recovered.<ref>{{cite book |title= Voices from the past: Hong Kong, 1842–1918|last= Bard|first= Solomon|year= 2002|publisher= [[Hong Kong University Press]]|isbn= 978-962-209-574-8|pages=64–65 }}</ref>
* Statue of King [[George VI]], in [[Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens]]. Erected in 1941 and still standing.<ref>The Film Services Office: [http://www.fso-createhk.hk/lib/locations_details.cfm?Photo_Num=00035 Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens]{{Dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }}</ref>