It is on land owned by the Crown Estate in the City of Westminster and was designed by the Irish artist Sebastian Gahagan.

It commemorates Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, the fourth son of George III and brother of George IV (who was on the throne when the statue was erected) and William IV, as well as the father of the future Queen Victoria.

Installed in January 1824, the statue stands 7 feet 2 inches (2.18 m) high, depicting the Duke in his Field Marshal's uniform and wearing the regalia of the Order of the Garter.

Funds were raised for the memorial statue by various charities with which Kent had been involved, with many of his fellow Freemasons giving money.

Today it is located close to Regent's Park tube station on the London Underground.