A Bronze Coronation Portrait Bust of King Edward VII (1841-1910) signed Sydney March for the founders Elkington & Co,

 Sydney March (1875-1968)
 

Born in Yorkshire in 1875, March was the second of six brothers who with their sister, set up a sculpture studio at Goddendene, Kent, in 1901. Each sibling brought their specialty to a unique private foundry; Walter (1888-1954) supervised technicalities of casting and carving, Dudley (1885-1962) finished off the patination on bronzes, while Sydney, Vernon (1891-1930) and Elsie (1883-1974) were the main sculptors. When young, Sydney enjoyed both commercial success and critical acclaim. In collaboration with the art founders Elkington, he was responsible for royal portraits, including George V, and producing figures, busts and statues of other leading men of the day for the.  His statues include Colonel Samuel Bourne Bevington (Tooley Street, London Bridge, 1911) and Lord Kitchener (Calcutta, 1914; Khartoum, 1921, removed to Royal School of Military Engineering, Chatham, 1958). Among his portrait busts were Cecil Rhodes and Edward VII (National Portrait Gallery, 1901). March also executed a number of war memorials including Bromley Parish Church (1921) and the United Empire Loyalists Memorial (Hamilton, Ontario, 1929). His younger brother Vernon (1891-1930) was also a sculptor and is remembered for the Canadian National War Memorial (Ottawa, 1939).