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Stained Glass
Westminster Abbey has very little medieval glass now remaining but there are good examples of glass from the 18th century to the present day.
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Autumn season of events celebrates human dignity
Tuesday, 26th September 2023
A new season of events at Westminster Abbey this autumn, Dignity, will remember those whose impact on national life may have been overlooked or forgotten.
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Lord John Thynne & Family
Priest/Minister
In the north choir aisle is a monument to Lord John Thynne, Sub Dean of Westminster. This shows his white marble life sized recumbent effigy.
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Brian Thomas
Artist
Brian Thomas, painter and stained glass artist, executed six lancet windows in Westminster Abbey below the north transept rose window.
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William Shakespeare
Playwright
Shakespeare was buried at Stratford upon Avon in 1616 and it was not until 1741 that a statue to him was erected in Poets' Corner.
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Eric Symes Abbott
Dean and Priest/Minister
The ashes of former Dean of Westminster Eric Symes Abbott are buried in the nave near the altar there, with a portland stone tablet.
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Samuel and Henrietta Barnett
Priest/Minister and Philanthropist
In the south choir aisle is a marble tablet to the memory of Samuel Barnett, Canon of Westminster, and his wife Dame Henrietta Barnett.
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Jeremiah Horrocks
Astronomer
By the west door in the nave is a memorial to astronomer Jeremiah Horrocks. The inscription was set into a plain piece of white marble within the Conduitt monument.
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James Wolfe
Soldier
James Wolfe, famous soldier, is buried at Greenwich but he has a large memorial in Westminster Abbey.
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Edmond Halley
Astronomer
In the south cloister is a memorial to astronomer Edmond Halley. It takes the form of a stylised comet, of slate, the tail being gilded.
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Sir William Temple & Family
Writer, Politician and Statesman
In the nave south aisle is a marble memorial to statesman and author Sir William Temple, his wife Dorothy, daughter Diana and sister Martha Giffard.
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William and Mary Carnegie
Priest/Minister
The ashes of William Hartley Carnegie, Sub-Dean of Westminster, and his second wife Mary Endicott Carnegie are buried at the west end of the nave.
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Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC)
Soldier, Physician and Doctor
In the nave of Westminster Abbey is a tablet, rolls of honour and stained glass window for those who died serving in the Royal Army Medical Corps.
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Sibell, Countess Grosvenor
Philanthropist
Sibell, Countess Grosvenor gave money in 1924 for a new altar to be erected in the south aisle of Henry VII's chapel in Westminster Abbey.
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George Sparrow
In St Margaret's is a memorial tablet to George Sparrow, Government agent, and members of his family. Unfortunately this is now hidden behind the organ.
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Katherine Palmer
The elaborate memorial to Katherine Palmer was originally on the wall of the west cloister, near her grave, but was taken down in the 1970s.
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Lord Rupert Nevill
Philanthropist
The coat of arms of Lord Rupert Nevill are in the west window of the Lady Chapel. He was a Trustee of the Westminster Abbey Trust, which raised millions of pounds for the restoration of the stonework of the Abbey.
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Thomas Aston Coffin
Thomas Aston Coffin, born in the USA, was Commissary General to His Majesty's troops serving in Britain, and was buried in St Margaret's with a memorial tablet.
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Lancelot Andrewes
Dean and Priest/Minister
Lancelot Andrewes was Dean of Westminster 1601-1605 but he has no memorial in the Abbey. He has a monument in Southwark cathedral where he’s buried.
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Sir Henry Barnard
Soldier
In the north transept is a memorial stone to six soldiers, including General Sir Henry Barnard, who served and died in the Indian Mutiny.