Queen Victoria Memorial, Lancaster
South aspect
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 Location in Lancaster city centre
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| Coordinates | 54°02′52″N 2°47′52″W / 54.0478°N 2.7977°WCoordinates: 54°02′52″N 2°47′52″W / 54.0478°N 2.7977°W |
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| Location | Dalton Square, Lancaster, Lancashire |
| Designer | Herbert Hampton |
| Type | Monument |
| Material | Stone and bronze |
| Opening date | 1906 |
| Dedicated to | "Given to his native town by Lord Ashton" |
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Listed Building – Grade II*
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| Designated | 18 February 1970 |
| Reference no. | 1290440 |
The Queen Victoria Memorial in Lancaster, Lancashire, England, is a Grade II* listed building. It stands in the centre of Dalton Square, Lancaster facing Lancaster Town Hall. It was erected in 1906, being commissioned and paid for by James Williamson, 1st Baron Ashton.
The monument was designed by Herbert Hampton (1888–1927) a prolific sculptor and stone carver who also designed the exterior of the Ashton Memorial in Lancaster
The memorial is of Portland stone with bronze sculpture. A statue of Queen Victoria stands on a tall pedestal facing South, “looking a little pensively over the square,” according to Nikolaus Pevsner.
The pedestal sits on a tall square plinth with rounded corners accompanied by four bronze lions at the ordinal points. Around the plinth is an unbroken bas relief frieze of bronze. At the corners, facing ordinal points, are four figurative sculptures, each depicting an allegory of Freedom (northeast), Truth (southeast), Wisdom (southwest) and Justice (northwest). On the four cardinal faces are near life size likenesses of fifty three prominent British figures from the Victorian era. Of the fifty three persons depicted upon the plinth of the Queen Victoria Monument only two are women: George Eliot and Florence Nightingale. Five of those depicted were born in Lancaster or the surrounding area: William Turner, Edward Frankland, Richard Owen, William Whewell, James Williamson, 1st Baron Ashton.
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