Report content as inappropriate


Original Text (Annotation: EPW023782 / 399279)

' Statue of William of Orange to commemorate the Protestant William's landing. William Prince of Orange (afterwards King William III of Great Britain & Ireland) landed in Brixham, with his mainly Dutch army, on 5 November 1688 during the Glorious Revolution, and issued his famous declaration "The Liberties of England and The Protestant Religion I Will Maintain". Many local people still have Dutch surnames, being direct descendants of soldiers in that army. '