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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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Dylan Thomas
Poet
A memorial stone to Welsh poet Dylan Thomas was unveiled on 1st March 1982. It lies between memorials to Lord Byron and George Eliot.
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George W. Childs
Philanthropist
George William Childs of Philadelphia USA donated a stained glass window to religious poets George Herbert and William Cowper in St George's chapel.
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Sir Ernest Shackleton
Explorer, Sailor and Writer
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Alexander Pope
Writer and Poet
A memorial to poet and critic Alexander Pope was inserted in the stained glass window in Poets' Corner and was unveiled on 7th June 1994.
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Mothers' Union
In 1925 a memorial chapel was set up for those who fell in World War I. The altar frontal was given by the Mothers' Union.
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Frances Louisa Parnell
On the wall of the west cloister is a modern memorial, designed by J. Peter Foster in slate and white marble, to Frances Louisa Parnell.
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George Lake
Soldier
In the north west tower chapel in the nave is a white and coloured marble memorial to Lt. Colonel the Honorable George Lake.
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Indian Civil Service
In the west cloister of Westminster Abbey is a stone and black marble memorial to members of the Indian Civil Service from 1858 to 1947.
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William and Frederick McNally
Soldier
In the south aisle of St Margaret's church Westminster, are two memorial brasses to former choristers of the church, William John McNally and Frederick McNally.
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Westminster Abbey to install fountain to mark Capability Brown anniversary
Wednesday, 7th September 2016
Westminster Abbey will install a fountain in the centre of its principal Cloister to commemorate the tercentenary this year of the birth of Lancelot (Capability) Brown, the great landscape gardener.
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Henry Hugh Armstead
Artist
Henry Hugh Armstead was one of the sculptors who worked on the new altar screen in Westminster Abbey designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott from 1867.
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Princess Alexandra of Kent
On 24th April 1963 Princess Alexandra of Kent was married to the Hon. Angus Ogilvy, second son of the Earl of Airlie, in Westminster Abbey.
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Sir John Betjeman
Writer, Poet and Broadcaster
On a pillar in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey is a memorial to Sir John Betjeman, Poet Laureate and broadcaster.
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Jacinto de Castro
Statesman
Don Jacinto Borges Pereira de Castro, Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the King of Portugal to the Court of Britain, was buried in the nave.
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Queen's Westminsters regiment
Soldier
A plaque to several members of the Queen's Westminster Volunteers who died in the Boer war is in the north cloister. A roll of honour for the Queen's Westminsters regiment is in the nave.
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James Rumsey
Scientist and Engineer
In St Margaret's Church is a tablet in memory of James Rumsey, West Virginia, inventor, who was buried in the churchyard on 24th December 1792.
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Martyrs of the Reformation
In October 1977 Lady Fisher of Lambeth unveiled a memorial stone to Martyrs of the Reformation. This is to the west of Elizabeth I’s tomb.
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Michael Faraday
Scientist and Physicist
In the nave of Westminster Abbey is a memorial floor stone for Michael Faraday, physicist and chemist.
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Clive Staples Lewis
Writer, Poet and Novelist
On the fiftieth anniversary of his death, a memorial stone was unveiled to writer, scholar and poet C.S. Lewis in Poets' Corner Westminster Abbey.