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standing and facing left as viewed

during its opening ceremony

whilst Gladstone was the former Liberal Prime Minister

Inscribed 'Rhombus maximus asper non Squamosus

Consulate mb-height 6233 standing and facing left as'Consulate', 1882 1884. On 9 November 1799, which was 18 Brumaire, Year VIII under the French Republican Calendar, General Napoleon Bonaparte overthrew the government of the Directory, replacing it with the Consulate. Napoleon was installed as first consul, making him effective dictator of France, a status that he confirmed in 1804 when he declared himself Emperor. A print from La France et les Franais Travers les Sicles, Volume IV, F Roy editor, A