| Monument Name: | Statue of Albert, Prince Consort |
| Location: | North Inch Perth, Perth and Kinross Scotland |
| Designer: | William Brodie |
| Type: | Statue |
| Material: | Sandstone |
| Height: | 8feet |
| Dedicated To: | Albert, Prince Consort |
The Statue of Albert, Prince Consort, also known as The Albert Memorial, is a Category B listed monument at the North Inch public park in Perth, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It is dedicated to Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, husband of Queen Victoria.[1]
The Queen unveiled the statue on 30 August, 1864, three years after Albert's death,[1] on her way to Balmoral Castle. The couple and their children had stayed at the city's Royal George Hotel in 1848. It was their first time staying in a hotel, an occurrence prompted by their inability to stay at nearby Scone Palace because William Murray, 4th Earl of Mansfield, was out of town.[2] [3]
The statue was sculpted by William Brodie and stands 8feet tall. He is dressed in the robes of the Knight of the Thistle[4] and holding a plan of the Crystal Palace.[1] It faces south, onto Charlotte Street.