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Elizabeth Elstob
writer
Elizabeth Elstob, Anglo Saxon scholar and governess, was buried at St Margaret's Church in 1756 but has no marker.
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Mary & Jane Lavie
In St Margaret's church Westminster is a brass commemorating Mary and Jane Lavie. Three mosaic panels were given by the family.
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The Queen presents Dean with KCVO
Wednesday, 30th October 2019
Her Majesty The Queen presented the Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster, with the KCVO at his farewell audience at Buckingham Palace today.
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Abbey Choir recordings available to stream for the first time
Wednesday, 9th August 2023
Abbey Choir recordings available to stream for the first time: For the first time, audiences from around the world can enjoy to the Abbey Choir’s critically acclaimed catalogue of recordings via streaming.
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Anne Boleyn
Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII, was crowned queen in Westminster Abbey on Whit Sunday 1st June 1533. The celebrations took place over four days.
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Henry VIII
Musician
The coronation of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon took place in the Abbey on 24th June 1509. He is buried at Windsor.
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Achilles Preston
Soldier
Colonel Achilles Preston died on 12th July 1764 aged 31 in the East Indies and his body was returned for burial in the south transept.
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Lucy Baynton
Lady Lucy Baynton was buried in the north ambulatory in Westminster Abbey at the entrance to St John the Baptist's chapel on 14th June 1621.
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Sir William Berkeley
Sailor
Vice Admiral Sir William Berkeley was buried in the north ambulatory but has no marker or monument. He was a son of Sir Charles Berkeley.
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Leonard Plukenet
Writer and Physician
Dr Leonard Plukenet (or Pluckenett) was botanist to Queen Mary II and was buried in the chancel of St Margaret's church on 12th July 1706.
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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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John Berkeley, Lord Fitzharding
In the north ambulatory are the graves of John Berkeley, Lord Fitzharding and his wife Barbara. He was the younger son of Sir Charles Berkeley.
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John Laird Mair Lawrence
In the centre of the nave is the grave of John Laird Mair (Lawrence), 1st Lord Lawrence. Nearby is a bust of Lord Lawrence.
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John Harvey
Sailor
In the nave is a joint memorial to Captain John Harvey and Captain John Hutt who were both mortally wounded in 1794.
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George Grote
Historian
George Grote, celebrated historian, is buried in the south transept. He was a Royal Society Fellow, University of London Vice-Chancellor, British Museum trustee and MP.
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John Masefield
Poet
The ashes of poet and novelist John Masefield were buried in Poets’ Corner on 20th June 1967. The grave adjoins that of Robert Browning.
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Thomas, John & Hartwell Maude
Sailor
In St Margaret's church Westminster is a memorial tablet to Thomas, John and Lucia Maude. Also a war damaged brass to Hartwell Maude.
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Abbey Joins Global Wave of Prayer
Thursday, 25th May 2017
Westminster Abbey is supporting ‘Thy Kingdom Come’, the global prayer initiative by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York which launches today, Ascension Day.
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Thomas Young
Scientist, Physician, Doctor and Physicist
In the chapel of St Andrew is a tablet, with a profile medallion, to the memory of Thomas Young, physician, physicist, writer and Coptic scholar.
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William Stuart [Steuart]
Soldier
The Right Honorable General William Steuart was buried in the vault of the Duke of Buckingham in Henry VII's chapel on 10th June 1726.