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Richard Hakluyt
Writer, Scientist and Priest/Minister
Richard Hakluyt, called 'the father of modern geographers', was buried in November 1616, but the place of his burial was not noted in the register.
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Sir John Harpedon
Soldier
Sir John Harpedon, knight, who died in 1438, has a brass in the north ambulatory. He was originally buried in St John the Evangelist's chapel.
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Richard Trevithick
Engineer
A stained glass window to Richard Trevithick, Cornish inventor and engineer known as the 'father of the locomotive engine', can be seen in the nave of Westminster Abbey.
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Charles Kingsley
Writer, Poet and Priest/Minister
A bust to writer and poet Charles Kingsley has been moved from St George's chapel to Poets' Corner. By T. Woolner.
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Edward Montagu, Earl of Sandwich
Soldier
Edward Montagu (Mountagu), 1st Earl of Sandwich is buried in General Monk's vault in the north aisle of Henry VII's chapel at Westminster Abbey.
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Archibald Campbell Tait
Priest/Minister
On a pillar of St Benedict's chapel in Westminster Abbey is a white marble bust, with a shield of arms below, to Archibald Campbell Tait.
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Alexander Davis and Mary Tregonwell
In the churchyard of St Margaret's Westminster is an altar tomb for Alexander Davis, scrivener, and his wife Mary, who later married John Tregonwell.
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Admiral John Harrison
Sailor
In the south choir aisle, above the door into the cloister, is a memorial to Rear Admiral John Harrison. It consists of three quatrefoil panels.
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James Fullerton
Sir James Fullerton was buried in the north ambulatory, near the steps leading to Henry VII's chapel. His monument was later erected in St Paul's chapel.
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Charles Wellington Furse
Priest/Minister
The Reverend Charles Wellington Furse, Canon and Archdeacon, is buried in the east cloister. He was a son of Charles William Johnson of Great Torrington.
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Jane, Henrietta and Frances Hanbury
A tablet high on the south wall of St Margaret's church records the burial of Henrietta and Frances Hanbury and their mother Jane from Pontypool.
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Sarah and Brook Henry Young
Soldier
In St Margaret's is a wall tablet in memory of Sarah wife of Sir William Young, Governor of Tobago, and Lt. Colonel Brook Henry Young.
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Edward VII
Albert Edward, eldest son of Queen Victoria, was born in 1841. His coronation, with his wife Alexandra of Denmark, was held on 9th August 1902.
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Katherine Daughter of Henry III
Princess Katherine, young daughter of King Henry III is buried in Westminster Abbey.
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Olaudah Equiano (Gustavus Vassa)
Writer and Abolitionist
In St Margaret's is a memorial tablet to author and slave abolitionist Olaudah Equiano who was baptised Gustavus Vassa in that church when a slave.
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Jenny Lind
Musician
In the south transept of Westminster Abbey is a white Sicilian marble memorial to the "Swedish nightingale" Jenny Lind-Goldschmidt.
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Peter Birch
Priest/Minister
Peter Birch, clergyman, and his wife Martha are buried in the south transept. Martha has a white marble Baroque wall tablet near Chaucer's tomb.
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Archibald and Mary MacGougan
Sailor
Archibald MacGougan was buried in the west cloister of Westminster Abbey on 2nd February 1814 aged 39. Mary was buried on 5th January 1814.
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Christopher Hildyard
Artist and Priest/Minister
The Reverend Christopher Hildyard, Minor Canon and Sacrist of Westminster Abbey, was buried in St Faith's chapel, and also has an oval stone tablet.
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Zachary Macaulay
Statesman and Abolitionist
Zachary Macaulay has a life size bust in the nave. He was a member of the Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade.