Lord Leighton memorialised

Following the post about Lillie Langtry at reference, I have, from time to time, been turning the pages of reference 2. Where, on page 178, I come across a reference to Lord Leighton doing her in marble. Curious, there seeming to be no more about this in the book, I asked both Bing and Google about it, with no result. Perhaps it was never finished and never saw the light of day. Marble reused by some art student after his death?

Whatever the case, I did light upon another mystery. Why did Lord Leighton get so large and florid a memorial in St. Paul's Cathedral? A chap who was well known in his day, but does not rate much of an entry in Wikipedia now. And whoever wrote it seems to have been as impressed that he only lasted a day after being made a lord as by anything else. The son of a Scarborough doctor, so he did do pretty well for himself. See reference 5 for more.

Turning this second puzzle over, I am reminded that St. Pauls contains all kinds of memorials, although my recollection is that they are not as thick on the ground as they are in Westminster Abbey. And that Wellington does very well, scoring two to Nelson's one. But then Nelson does get a column down the road. Clearly time to visit St. Paul's again.

References

Reference 1: https://psmv5.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-jersey-lily.html.

Reference 2: The Prince and the Lily: The story of Edward VII and Lillie Langtry – James Brough – 1975. 

Reference 3: https://victorianweb.org/sculpture/brock/60.html. More about the memorial.

Reference 4: http://psmv2.blogspot.com/2014/06/st-volodymyr.html. Notice of earlier interest in Lord Leighton. I have not checked, but I am sure I - or we - visited the house again. This despite my not caring greatly for his work. Part of my one-time fascination with the Pre-Raphaelites, in particular Holman Hunt.

Reference 5: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_Leighton.