Equestrian statue of Viscount Gough

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The Gough Monument is an equestrian statue of Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough in the grounds of Chillingham Castle in Chillingham, Northumberland, United Kingdom. John Henry Foley was commissioned to make a statue of Gough but died before its completion, leaving his pupil Thomas Brock to finish it. The statue was previously located in Phoenix Park in Dublin but after several attacks to the statue and an explosion from the Irish Republican Army (IRA), it was moved to the Royal Hospital Kilmainham.

It was later purchased by Rupert Guinness, 2nd Earl of Iveagh and moved to its current location in Chillingham Castle, where it was restored. The statue depicts Gough on a horse wearing an honorary colonel uniform of the Royal Horse Guards, with the Order of St Patrick, the Bath and the Star of India on it. The statue is on a stone pedestal with an inscription about Gough's military life.