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A J Posted at 5-29 00:54
It's an Obelisk which reads "To the memory of the birth of George Grey, Earl of Harold, son of Henry and Sophia, Duke and Duchess of Kent". They were senior members of the English aristocracy in the 17th-18th centuries. George died in his infancy at the age of 1 in 1733 - so the Obelisk is nearly 300 years old. His father, Henry Grey, was the 1st Duke of Kent who commissioned the monument as a memorial to his son. The title of Duke of Kent is now held by the Queen's first cousin, Prince Edward (the bloke who hands out the gold cup to the champion at Wimbledon).
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