Richard Coeur de Lion (statue) Richard Coeur de Lion (statue) Richard Coeur de Lion is a Grade II listed equestrian statue of the 12th-century English monarch Richard I, also known as Richard the Lionheart, who reigned from 1189–99. It stands on a granite pedestal in Old Palace Yard outside the Palace of Westminster in London, facing south towards the entrance to the House of Lords. It was created by Baron Carlo Marochetti, an Italian sculptor whose works were popular with European royalty and the nobility, though often less well regarded by critics and the artistic establishment. The statue was first produced in clay and displayed
Richard Cunningham (English Army officer) Richard Cunningham (English Army officer) Brigadier-General Richard Cunningham (died 1696) was an English Army officer. All that is known of Cunningham’s earlier military career is that he held a commission in the Scots Brigade in the service of the Dutch Republic, that he was present at the Battle of St. Denis in 1678 and was wounded there. Cunningham had reached the rank of captain in March 1688, serving in the Regiment of Foot known as Barthold Balfour's regiment. This regiment fought at the Battle of Killiecrankie on the extreme left with his second, Lieutenant-Colonel Lauder, both were abandoned by their