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Frederic, Baron Schulenberg
Frederic William, Baron Schulenberg was buried in the south transept of Westminster Abbey on 14th January 1720. He has no monument or gravestone.
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Thomas Telford
Engineer
Thomas Telford, one of Britain's greatest engineers, was buried in the centre part of the nave of Westminster Abbey on 10th September 1834.
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Sir Gilbert Lort
Sir Gilbert Lort and his sister Dame Elizabeth Campbell are buried in the north transept of Westminster Abbey.
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Francis Horner
Politician
A memorial statue to Francis Horner stands in the west aisle of the north transept of Westminster Abbey. The sculptor was Sir Francis Chantry.
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Matthew Boulton
Scientist, Philanthropist and Engineer
In 2014 a cast iron floor stone was unveiled to the memory of Matthew Boulton, entrepreneur of the Industrial Revolution, in Westminster Abbey.
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Elizabeth Woodfall
Elizabeth, daughter of printer Henry Sampson Woodfall, was buried in the west cloister of Westminster Abbey. Her tablet no longer remains.
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Dorothy Stuart, Countess of Roscommon
Dorothy Stuart, Countess of Roscommon was buried in St Edmund's chapel in the Abbey but has no monument.
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Abbey to mark Warrior centenary
Thursday, 29th October 2020
Westminster Abbey will mark the centenary of the burial of the Unknown Warrior with a special service, to be broadcast live on BBC One, on 11th November.
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Sir William Elphinstone
Lawyer
Sir William Elphinstone (Elphinstoun or Elveston) was buried in the east cloister of Westminster Abbey on 10th December 1645 but his grave is not marked.
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Sir Winston Churchill
Artist, Writer, Soldier, Statesman and Historian
Sir Winston Churchill is not buried in Westminster Abbey but just inside, near the grave of the Unknown Warrior, is a green marble memorial stone.
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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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Sir Robert Peel
Statesman
In the north transept is a marble statue to Sir Robert Peel, Prime Minister 1834-1835 and 1841-1846. The over life-size figure is by John Gibson.
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John Keats
Poet
In Poets' Corner is a small oval mural tablet with a lyre to John Keats. This is joined to an identical tablet for Percy Shelley.
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Sir James Leith
Soldier
Sir James Leith, army officer, is buried in the centre part of the nave. He died of yellow fever in Barbados on 16th October 1816.
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William Makepeace Thackeray
Writer
On a pillar in Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey, is a white marble bust, with a brown marble base, to novelist and essayist William Makepeace Thackeray.
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James Prescott Joule
Scientist and Physicist
In the north choir aisle is a white marble memorial to James Prescott Joule, physicist. He was born in Salford near Manchester.
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Mary & Elizabeth Illingworth
Mary Illingworth and her mother Elizabeth are buried in the north transept of Westminster Abbey. The gravestone is near Robert Peel's statue.
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Abbey remembers victims of slavery
Tuesday, 11th October 2016
Her Royal Highness Princess Eugenie of York attended a wreath laying to commemorate the work of William Wilberforce and mark the United Kingdom's commitment to combat modern slavery at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 12th October 2016.
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Abbey honours Philip Larkin with Poets’ Corner memorial
Thursday, 1st December 2016
A memorial to the poet Philip Larkin CH CBE was dedicated in Poets’ Corner in the south transept of Westminster Abbey on Friday 2nd December 2016.
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HRH The Princess Royal reads for St Peter’s Day podcast
Monday, 29th June 2020
Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal has recorded a gospel reading for Abbeycast, the Abbey’s worship podcast series, which is released today for St Peter’s Day, Monday 29th June.