Cornwallis Statue, Fort St. George, Madras

       The statue  of Cornwallis in Fort  Museum perhaps one of the oldest statue in Madras. This  9 feet high statue sculpted by Thomas Banks in 1799 was unveiled  by Lord Clive  Governor of  Madras on 15th May 1800 in parade grounds  Fort St. George.  The  inscription on the  pedestal  says,

    " The statue was erected  by a general  vote at the  joint  expenditure  of the  principal  inhabitants of  Madras, and of the  Civil  and Military servants of the  East  India  Company belonging to the Presidency of Fort.St George as a grateful testimony of the high sense  they entertained of the conduct and action of the most Noble  Marquis Cornwallis during the time he held the high offices of the  Governor  General and the  Commander in Chief of all the  forces in India ".

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