Erected in memory of the First Duke of Sutherland in 1839. On it is the inscription: "To the memory of George Granville Leveson Gower, K.G. 1st Duke of Sutherland. The most just and generous of landlords. This monument is erected by the occupiers of his Grace's Shropshire farms as a public testimony that he went down to his grave with the blessings of his tenants on his head and left behind him upon his estates the best inheritance which a gentleman of England can bequeath to his son; men ready to stand by his house, heart and hand."
The Scottish tenants of the Duke of Sutherland would not have shared the sentiments given on this monument. As a major landowner he is seen as responsible for widespread Highland Clearances replacing tenants with sheep farming. His statue at Golspie causes continuing controversy.
NC8100 : The Great Evictor. See http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/people/famousfirst621.html.