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Ludovic, Frances & Esme Stuart
Diplomat
Ludovic Stuart, Duke of Richmond and Lennox, and several members of his family are buried in a vault in the Lady chapel at Westminster Abbey. He has a large monument.
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Sermon given at Evensong with the Installation of Dr David Michael Hoyle as Dean of the Collegiate Church of St Peter in Westminster
Saturday, 16th November 2019
A month ago, the Abbey celebrated – 750 years. Which makes the Abbey older than Amsterdam.
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2nd Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture
Thursday, 21st May 1987
Delivered by The Rt Revd Simeon Nkoane CR, Assistant Bishop of Johannesburg at King's College London.
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Muniment collection
Our archive is one of the oldest and richest in England. We hold the records of Westminster Abbey from the tenth century to the present.
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Joan of Acre, daughter of Edward I
Joan was a daughter of Edward I. On the 30th April 1290 she married Gilbert de Clare, 3rd Earl of Gloucester in Westminster Abbey.
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Margaret, daughter of Edward I
On the 8th of July 1290 Margaret, daughter of Edward I, was married to John, son of the Duke of Brabant, in Westminster Abbey.
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Overview tour
In this virtual tour, you can take your pupils on a 360 degree journey around the nation’s coronation church.
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5th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture
Thursday, 31st May 1990
Delivered by The Very Reverend Alan Jones, Dean of Grace Cathedral San Francisco at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 31st May 1990 and subsequently at Lincoln Minster and Keble College, Oxford.
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Charles Worsley
Soldier
The presumed grave of Major General Charles Worsley was discovered in the south east apsidal chapel of Henry VII's chapel in the late 19th century.
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Sarah Mildmay
Sarah Mildmay, wife of Humphrey Mildmay of Queen Camel in Somerset, was buried in the south transept, at the entry to St Benedict's chapel.
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Princess Patricia of Connaught
Princess Patricia of Connaught married in Westminster Abbey in 1919. Hers was the first royal wedding to be held at the Abbey since Richard II’s.
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Sir Charles Rich
Sailor
Sir Charles Rich, naval captain, was buried in St Margaret's Church Westminster in 1706 but has no memorial.
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John Rutherford
John Rutherford died on 21st June 1781 and was removed from his original burial place at Olne in Germany to the north cloister for burial.
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Lady Margaret Noel
The burial of Lady Margaret Noel, wife of Sir William Noel, is not recorded in the official burial register but just on a slip of paper.
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission Marks Centenary
Tuesday, 23rd May 2017
A minute's silence to remember the victims of the Manchester attack was held before a Service of Thanksgiving to Celebrate the Centenary of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission at Westminster Abbey on 23rd May. HRH The Duke of Kent attended the service.
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Princess Mary, daughter of George V
Princess Mary was the only daughter of George V and Queen Mary. On 28th February 1922 she married Henry, Viscount Lascelles in Westminster Abbey.
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George, Duke of Kent, son of George V
Soldier and Sailor
On 29th November 1934, George Edward, Duke of Kent, married Princess Marina, daughter of Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, in Westminster Abbey.
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Jane, Countess of Lincoln
Jane, Countess of Lincoln was buried on 1st September 1688 but the location of her grave is unknown and she has no monument or marker.
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Andrew Gammell
Soldier
Lieutenant General Andrew Gammell was buried in the south cloister on 26th October 1815, aged 50. He seems never to have had an inscribed gravestone.
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Sidney Andrews & family
In the west cloister is the grave of Sidney Robert Andrews, his son and his wife. He was Clerk of Works at the Abbey.