...and now for a bit of history...because uncle bobby...upon seeing that Cleopatra's needle...entitled 'burnaby'...was to state..."that's what it is all about" but he didn't elaborate....see previous posts...go figure:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/St.+Philip's+Cathedral/@52.480731,-1.898391,3a,75y,179.13h,120.24t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipM4Jd-RdPXcKDJMFhWhZRGdIG6EuMw1tn9MR5Tt!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipM4Jd-RdPXcKDJMFhWhZRGdIG6EuMw1tn9MR5Tt%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya235.39262-ro0-fo100!7i7168!8i3440!4m12!1m6!3m5!1s0x4870bc8c286098c9:0x4cf7d42ff05af6f!2sSt.+Philip's+Cathedral!8m2!3d52.4811907!4d-1.8989312!3m4!1s0x4870bc8c286098c9:0x4cf7d42ff05af6f!8m2!3d52.4811907!4d-1.8989312

http://www.birminghamcathedral.com/cathedralsquare/

"...the large Burnaby obelisk commemorates Colonel Frederick Burnaby who was sent to rescue General Gordon of Khartoum in 1884 and who had once stood to be a Birmingham MP..."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Burnaby

it's that 'easy-going-style' isn't it, dazzlenation?...but somewhat lacking in the 'height department'...LOL...go figure:

"Burnaby was a huge man for his times: 6 ft 4in tall and 20 stone when fully grown."