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Florence Nightingale remembered at annual service
Thursday, 16th May 2024
A Service to Commemorate the Life of Florence Nightingale was held at Westminster Abbey at 6.30pm on Wednesday 15th May 2024.
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Paul Baumann installed as Receiver General
Paul Baumann CBE was installed as the Receiver General and Chapter Clerk of Westminster Abbey during Evensong on Saturday 12th January 2019.
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Abbey to commemorate the life of Florence Nightingale
Monday, 21st February 2022
A Service to Commemorate the Life of Florence Nightingale will be held at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 11th May 2022.
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Florence Nightingale remembered at annual service
Thursday, 12th May 2022
The service is held annually to celebrate nursing and midwifery and all staff, both qualified and unqualified, and the importance of supporting one another through challenging times.
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Anointing Screen on display at the Abbey
Sunday, 7th May 2023
The central anointing screen used at the most sacred moment of the Coronation, the anointing of His Majesty The King, will be on display in Westminster Abbey in St George’s Chapel from Monday 8th May – Saturday 13th May, when the Coronation Theatre will also be on view.
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Henry, Duke of Gloucester
Henry, Duke of Gloucester, son of Charles I, was buried in the south aisle of Henry VII's chapel in Westminster Abbey on 21st September 1660.
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John Ruskin
Writer
A memorial to author and critic John Ruskin was unveiled in Poets' Corner on 8th February 1902. The bronze roundel encloses a portrait.
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Thomas Thirlby
Priest/Minister
Thomas Thirlby (c.1500-1570) was consecrated the first and only Bishop of the new short-lived diocese of Westminster in December 1540.
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Sir Philip and Sir Thomas Howard
Soldier
Sir Philip Howard was buried in St John the Baptist's chapel on 15th April 1686. His name is inscribed on a modern stone.
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William Craig
Priest/Minister
The Reverend William Craig was a prebendary at Westminster from 1720-1721 and is buried in the south transept of Westminster Abbey.
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Sir John Ogle & son
Soldier
Lt. Colonel Sir John Ogle was buried in the Abbey on 17th March 1640. He was the fifth son of Thomas and his wife Jane.
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Sir Palmes and Stafford Fairborne
Statesman
In the south aisle of the nave of Westminster Abbey is a white marble monument to Sir Palmes Fairborne. The sculptor was John Bushnell.
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A Reflection on Legacy
Friday, 5th June 2020
This week, the Downing Street website announced that Her Majesty the Queen has given her approval to the appointment of a new Dean of Bristol.
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Arthur Phillip
Sailor
A memorial stone to Admiral Arthur Phillip, founder of New South Wales in Australia, can be seen in the centre part of the nave.
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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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William of Colchester
Abbot
William of Colchester, Abbot of Westminster from 1386 is buried in the chapel of St John the Baptist. His stone altar tomb shows his effigy.
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Gilbert Crispin
Abbot
The effigy of Abbot Gilbert Crispin is now under an arch beneath the stone bench of the south cloister. It is the oldest effigy here.
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Oliver Cromwell and Family
Soldier and Politician
Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector, was buried in Westminster Abbey following his death in 1658. However, he was exhumed after the Restoration.
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George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans)
Writer and Novelist
On 21st June 1980 a memorial stone for George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans), novelist, was unveiled in Poets' Corner. The sculptor was John Skelton.
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Charles Fitzroy, Duke of Cleveland
Charles Fitzroy, Duke of Cleveland, Duke and Earl of Southampton, Earl of Chichester, Baron of Newbury and Nonsuch, Knight of the Garter, buried 1730.