In 1873 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Burdett-Coutts,_1st_Baroness_Burdett-Coutts" class="extiw" title="en:Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts">Lady Burdett-Coutts</a> commissioned a statue and fountain which was  erected at the southern end of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_IV_Bridge" class="extiw" title="en:George IV Bridge">George IV Bridge</a> to commemorate <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greyfriars_Bobby" class="extiw" title="en:Greyfriars Bobby">Greyfriars Bobby</a>. Bobby was a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skye_Terrier" class="extiw" title="en:Skye Terrier">Skye Terrier</a> who reportedly spent 14 years guarding the grave of his owner, John Gray, until he died himself on 14 January 1872.
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