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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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Service for the New Parliament at St Margaret's Church
Tuesday, 9th June 2015
The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend and Right Honourable Justin Welby, Primate of All England and Metropolitan, gave the Address at Service for a New Parliament at St Margaret's Church, Westminster Abbey on Tuesday 9th June 2015.
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President of the Republic of Korea visits the Abbey
Tuesday, 21st November 2023
The President of the Republic of Korea, HE Yoon Suk Yeol visited the Abbey on Tuesday 21st November as part of his State Visit to His Majesty The King.
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Major General and Mary Lowther
Soldier
Major General Lowther and his mother Mary are buried in the east cloister of Westminster Abbey but have no marker.
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Lady Essex Robartes
Lady Essex Robartes was buried in the chapel of St John the Evangelist on 14th January 1727 but she has no monument or gravestone.
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Elizabeth, Countess of Mexborough
A memorial to Elizabeth, Countess of Mexborough is on the wall of St John the Baptist's chapel. This shows a woman grieving beside an urn.
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Somerset Kerry & family
In St Margaret's church is a gravestone for Somerset Kerry and his family, Elizabeth and John Alford and Rebecca Moncreife and her son John Moncreife.
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Anne Incledon
In St Margaret's church’s south aisle is a marble cartouche to Anne Incledon, wife of John. Anne's father John Wynyard is buried in the Abbey.
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Susanna Gunning
Novelist
Susanna Gunning, novelist, was buried in the north cloister on 5th September 1800 aged 60. She seems never to have had an inscribed gravestone.
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Theodore Palaeologus
Soldier
In the chapel of St Michael is the grave of Theodore Palaeologus, buried 3rd May 1644. He was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Parliamentary army.
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Lady Waldegrave
Mary, wife of James, 2nd Baron Waldegrave and later Earl Waldegrave, was buried in the middle aisle of the nave on 27th January 1719.
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Dame Katherine Byron
Dame Katherine Byron, widow of Sir Thomas, was buried in the cloisters of Westminster Abbey in 1676 but the exact location is not known and there is no memorial to her.
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Eleanor Worgan
Eleanor, wife of organist and composer Dr John Worgan, was buried in the north choir aisle of Westminster Abbey.
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Ann Ferrers
Ann Ferrers, wife of John Ferrers of Tamworth Castle, was buried in St Paul's chapel in May 1715 but she has no gravestone or monument.
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Sir Leopold McClintock
Explorer
A memorial to Arctic explorer Admiral Sir Leopold McClintock was unveiled in 1908 in the chapel of St John the Evangelist in Westminster Abbey.
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Further information
Find out about sculptor Thomas Brock's contribution to Westminster Abbey.
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President of Colombia visits Westminster Abbey
Tuesday, 1st November 2016
His Excellency Mr Juan Manuel Santos, President of the Republic of Colombia and the recipient of the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize, visited Westminster Abbey on Tuesday 1st November 2016, during a State Visit to the United Kingdom.
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President of Germany visits Abbey
Tuesday, 28th November 2017
The President of Germany, His Excellency Dr Frank-Walter Steinmeier, visited Westminster Abbey during an official visit to the United Kingdom.
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Westminster Abbey holds annual Civic Service
Monday, 2nd July 2018
Matins, attended by the Lord Mayor of Westminster, Councillor Lindsey Hall, and Councillors of Westminster, was held at Westminster Abbey on Sunday 1st July.
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Abbey marks the Centenary of the Armistice
Sunday, 11th November 2018
The Queen and Frank-Walter Steinmeier The President of Germany attended A Service to mark the Centenary of the Armistice at Westminster Abbey.
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