One of the statues just off the promanade terrace.
 
James Dorrian M.D., (1828-1895),
 
A Bolton doctor.
 
He was born in County Down, Ireland, and was educated in Dublin.
 
He came to Bolton around 1850, becoming "one of the best known medical gentlemen in the town"
 
Many of his patients were Irish or Catholic, and he gained a reputation for charity and philanthropy through ministering to the Irish poor.
 
Though rather brusque in manner, he was said to have "a heart as tender as a woman's" which was "ever responsive to the cry of charity."
 
He was less active in other areas of public life, restricting his participation to the local bench, which he joined as a J.P in 1880.
 
About a year after Dorrian's death a public meeting was called by the Deputy Mayor, Alderman Nicholson.
 
It was resolved that Dorian's "self-sacrificing devotion and unfailing charity" be recognised by a statue. This is that statue