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Burials & Commemorations in Westminister Abbey.

Throughout the centuries, many important & famous people from all walks of life have been buried or commemorated in Westminister Abbey. Actors, Writers, Playwrights,Scientists, Politicians, Military Heroes. A visit to Westminister Abbey will be a highlight of your London Holiday so please do not miss it!

Addison, Joseph Addison
André, John André
Atterbury, Francis Atterbury
Ayton, Robert Ayton
Baker, John Baker
Beaufort, Margaret Beaufort
Beaufoy, Mary Beaufoy
Behn, Aphra Behn
Bill, William Bill
Blake, Robert Blake
Blake, William Blake
Blakeney, William Blakeney
Blow, John Blow
Bohun, Eleanor de Bohun
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Bradshaw, John Bradshaw
Brandon, Frances Brandon
Brocas, Sir Bernard Brocas
Bromley, Sir Thomas Bromley
Browning, Robert Browning
Brunel, Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Buckland, William Buckland
Burdett-Coutts, Angela Burdett-Coutts


Burgoyne, John Burgoyne
Burney, Frances Burney
Busby, Richard Busby
Buxton, Thomas Fowell Buxton
Carey, Henry Carey
Cavendish, William & Margaret Cavendish
Chaucer, Geoffrey Chaucer
Churchill, Sir Winston Churchill
Clarkson, Thomas Clarkson
Cochrane, Thomas Cochrane
Combined Services Memorial
Coote, Eyre Coote
Cottrell, Clement Cottrell
Courcy, Almericus de Courcy
Craggs, James Craggs
Cromwell, Oliver Cromwell
Darwin, Charles Darwin
Daubeney, Giles Daubeney
Dickens, Charles Dickens
Dirac, Paul Dirac
Douglas, Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox
Elizabeth, Grand Duchess Elizabeth
Fawcett, Henry and Millicent Fawcett
Follett, William Webb Follett
Fox, Charles James Fox
Franklin, Sir John Franklin
Freke sisters
Fullerton, James Fullerton
Gethin, Grace Gethin
Goodman, Gabriel Goodman
Gordon, Adam Lindsay Gordon
Graham, George Graham
Grote, George Grote
Handel, George Frederic Handel
Hardy, Thomas Hardy


Harrison, John Harrison
Herschel, William & John Herschel
Hesketh, Sir Thomas Hesketh
Hill, Rowland Hill
Hooke, Robert Hooke
Horrocks, Jeremiah Horrocks
Howe, George Howe
Hunter, John Hunter
Irving, Sir Henry Irving
John of Eltham
John, Esther John
Johnson, Samuel Johnson
Jonson, Ben Jonson
King, Martin Luther King
Knipe, Thomas Knipe
Knollys, Katherine Knollys
Kolbe, Maximilian Kolbe
Livingstone, David Livingstone
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Loten, John Gideon Loten
Luwum, Janani Luwum
Lyell, Charles Lyell
Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton
Macaulay, Zachary Macaulay
Malcolm, Sir John Malcolm
Mansfield, William Murray, Lord Mansfield
Masemola, Manche Masemola
May, Thomas May
Mead, Richard Mead
Methuen, John and Paul Methuen
Milton, John Milton
Monck, George and Nicholas Monck
Neve, Richard Le Neve
Newton, Sir Isaac Newton
Nightingale, Lady Elizabeth Nightingale
Norris, Henry, Lord Norris
Ogle, John Ogle
Outram, Sir James Outram
Owen, Thomas Owen
O’Keeffe, Arthur O’Keeffe
Paoli, Pasquale Paoli
Parr, Thomas Parr
Pecksall, Richard Pecksall
Pitt, William Pitt


Poets of the First World War
Pollock, George Pollock
Raffles, Stamford Raffles
Richardson, Thomas Richardson
Romero, Oscar Romero
Rowe, Nicholas Rowe
Rupert, Prince Rupert
Rutherford, Ernest Rutherford
Saunders, Sir Charles Saunders
Scott, George Gilbert Scott
Shakespeare, William Shakespeare
Sharp, Granville Sharp
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley
Shovell, Sir Clowdisley Shovell
Siddons, Sarah Siddons
Spenser, Edmund Spenser
Spottiswood, James Spottiswood
Spottiswood, William Spottiswood
Spragge, Edward Spragge
Stephenson, Robert Stephenson
Stokes, George Gabriel Stokes
Street, George Edmund Street
Talbot, Edward Talbot
Tapiedi, Lucian Tapiedi
Telford, Thomas Telford
Tennyson, Lord Alfred Tennyson
Thomson, William Thomson, Lord Kelvin
Thorndyke, Herbert Thorndyke
Thorndyke, John Thorndyke
Trevithick, Richard Trevithick
Triplet, Thomas Triplet
Tyrrell, Richard Tyrrell
Unknown Warrior
Ussher, James Ussher
Vere, Sir Francis Vere and Horace Vere
Vernon, Edward Vernon
Wade, George Wade
Wager, Charles Wager
Warren, Sir Peter Warren
Watt, James Watt
Wesley, John Wesley, Charles Wesley
Whittle, Frank Whittle
Wilberforce, William Wilberforce
Wolfe, James Wolfe
Woodward, John Woodward
Wright, James Wright
Zhiming, Wang Zhiming

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