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Sir Denis Mountain
d.2005
The coat of arms of Sir Denis Mountain, 3rd Baronet, can be seen in the lower section of the west window of the Lady Chapel.
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Sir Peter Walters
Philanthropist
Sir Peter Walters has his coat of arms in the west window of the Lady Chapel. This was unveiled by The Queen in 1995.
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William Moore & William Morris
Lawyer
In the chapel of St John the Evangelist is the grave of William Moore and his daughter Anna Maria. The inscription has been re-cut.
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John Frost
Musician and Priest/Minister
John Frost was Minor Canon and Chanter of Westminster Abbey 1623-1642 and was buried on 10th May 1642 in the north transept near the porch.
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Abbey Choir departs for Rome tour
Monday, 23rd January 2017
The Choir of Westminster Abbey departs today for a four-day visit to Rome to participate in events marking the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity at the Vatican.
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King and Queen of the Netherlands visit Abbey
Tuesday, 23rd October 2018
The King and Queen of the Netherlands visited Westminster Abbey on 23rd October as part of Their Majesties’ State Visit to Her Majesty The Queen.
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War dead 1914-1918
Soldier, Airman and Sailor
Edward, Prince of Wales, unveiled a memorial to the Million Dead of the First World War. The tablet is in St George's chapel.
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George I
George I was crowned at Westminster Abbey on 20th October 1714. He could not speak much English and the ceremonies were mostly conducted in Latin.
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Robert Burns
Poet and Composer
A marble bust of Scotland’s national poet Robert Burns is on the wall of Poets’ Corner near memorials to Shakespeare and Scottish poet James Thomson.
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Dame Peggy Ashcroft
Actor
A memorial stone to the actress Dame Peggy Ashcroft was unveiled in Poets' Corner in 2005. The stone is near Laurence Olivier’s grave.
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John Windebank
Physician
John Windebank, physician, was buried in the middle part of the south cloister in 1704. But he never seems to have had an inscribed gravestone.
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Ernest Bevin
Statesman
The ashes of trade unionist Ernest Bevin were buried in the north aisle of the nave in 1951. The address was given by Clement Attlee.
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Robert Stewart
Lawyer
On the north wall of St Margaret's church Westminster is a monument to Robert Stewart from Scotland. The burial register calls him Colonel.
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Clement Attlee
Politician and Statesman
In the nave lie the ashes of Prime Minister and Labour Party leader, Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, KG, PC, OM, CH, FRS.
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Spranger & Ann Barry
Actor
Celebrated tragic actor Spranger Barry and his second wife Ann are buried in the north cloister of Westminster Abbey but no inscription remains for them.
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Laurence of Durham
Abbot
Laurence of Durham was Abbot of Westminster from about 1158. His effigy can still be seen in the south cloister of the Abbey.
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Henrietta Laura Pulteney, Countess of Bath
Henrietta Laura Pulteney, Countess of Bath was buried in the south cloister of Westminster Abbey on 23rd July 1808 near the grave of her father.
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James Callaghan
Politician and Statesman
On 7th July 2015 a memorial stone for James Callaghan, former Labour Prime Minister, was unveiled near memorials to Harold Wilson and other Prime Ministers.
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Poet
In Poets' Corner is a bust in memory of poet and critic Samuel Taylor Coleridge. It was presented to the Abbey by Dr Mercer.
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Lambert Osbaldeston
Lambert Osbaldeston (or Osbolston), Head Master of Westminster School, was buried in the south aisle on 7th October 1659 but he has no monument.