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Abbey welcomes new Lord Mayor of Westminster
Tuesday, 5th July 2022
Abbey welcomes the new Lord Mayor of Westminster, Councillor Hamza Taouzzale, at Matins on Sunday 3rd July 2022.
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Queen Alexandra, wife of Edward VII
Queen Alexandra was born in 1844, the daughter of King Christian IX of Denmark. With her husband Edward VII, she was crowned in 1902.
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Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence
A small gilt bronze statuette (or weeper) of Lionel, Duke of Clarence, can be seen on the tomb of his father Edward III.
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Henry Frederick, Duke of Cumberland
Sailor
Henry Frederick, Duke of Cumberland and Strathern and Earl of Dublin was buried in the Hanoverian vault below the central aisle of Henry VII's chapel.
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Dame Peggy Ashcroft
Actor
A memorial stone to the actress Dame Peggy Ashcroft was unveiled in Poets' Corner in 2005. The stone is near Laurence Olivier’s grave.
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John Windebank
Physician
John Windebank, physician, was buried in the middle part of the south cloister in 1704. But he never seems to have had an inscribed gravestone.
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Ernest Bevin
Statesman
The ashes of trade unionist Ernest Bevin were buried in the north aisle of the nave in 1951. The address was given by Clement Attlee.
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Ernest Rutherford
Scientist and Physicist
The ashes of the physicist Ernest, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson were interred in the nave, near to the graves of Newton and Lord Kelvin.
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Clement Attlee
Politician and Statesman
In the nave lie the ashes of Prime Minister and Labour Party leader, Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, KG, PC, OM, CH, FRS.
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Gilbert Murray
Writer
Classical scholar Gilbert Murray, renowned for his translations of Greek plays, was buried in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey on 5th July 1957.
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George Pollock
Soldier
Sir George Pollock, army officer, was buried in the nave, to the west of Lord Clyde. He was the fifth son of David Pollock.
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Sir James Oughton
Soldier
On a pillar in the north ambulatory of Westminster Abbey is a marble tablet to the memory of Lieutenant General Sir James Oughton.
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A. E. Housman
Poet
Alfred Edward Housman, poet, has a memorial panel in the window above Chaucer's monument in Poets' Corner. This was unveiled on 17th September 1996.
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Thomas Hardy
Writer and Poet
On 16th January 1928 the ashes of the poet and writer Thomas Hardy were buried in Poets' Corner, north of the grave of Charles Dickens.
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Laurence Olivier
Actor
The ashes of Laurence Olivier, Baron Olivier of Brighton, the greatest actor of his generation, are buried in the south transept of Westminster Abbey.
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Bernard, Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
Writer and Soldier
Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, universally known as Monty, was created a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath.
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Prince William of Wales & Catherine
Prince William is the eldest son of Charles, Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales. He married Catherine Middleton at Westminster Abbey in 2011.
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Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman
Politician and Statesman
A monument to Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman, Prime Minister, was unveiled in the north nave aisle of Westminster Abbey on 12th January 1912.
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Robert (Cecil), Marquess of Salisbury
Statesman
In the nave, near the west door, is an altar tomb of black marble with a bronze effigy of Robert, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury.
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Herbert Edward Ryle
Dean and Priest/Minister
The grave of Herbert Edward Ryle, Dean of Westminster, is in the centre of the nave, near the grave of the Unknown Warrior.