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Elizabeth Cecil
There are four Elizabeth Cecils buried here - Baroness Ros, the Countess of Berkshire, the Countess of Devonshire and the wife of Sir Robert Cecil.
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Frank Whittle
Airman and Engineer
On 12th April 2000 a memorial stone was unveiled in the Royal Air Force Chapel to Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle, O.M., K.B.E., C.B.
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Geoffrey and Athelaise de Mandeville
Geoffrey de Mandeville (Magna Villa) was most probably buried with his first wife Athelaise in the cloister of Westminster Abbey.
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Sir Christopher Perkins
Priest/Minister and Diplomat
Priest and diplomat Sir Christopher Perkins was buried in the north ambulatory in September 1622 but he seems never to have had an inscribed gravestone.
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Stephen Crespion
Priest/Minister
The Reverend Stephen Crespion and his sister Elizabeth were buried in the south cloister on 2nd December 1711 and 23rd June 1681 respectively.
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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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Susan de Vere, Countess of Montgomery
Susan de Vere, Countess of Montgomery, was buried in St Nicholas' chapel but has no gravestone or memorial.
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Eleanor Bowes
Eleanor Verney, wife of George Bowes, was buried in the Duke of Ormond's vault in Westminster Abbey.
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William and James Robertson
Soldier
Colonel William Robertson and James Robertson are buried in the south cloister of Westminster Abbey with members of their family.
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Abbey seeks new Organist and Master of the Choristers
Thursday, 26th May 2022
Westminster Abbey is welcoming applications for its next Organist and Master of the Choristers.
Music The Choir of Westminster Abbey Westminster Abbey Choir School
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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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George I
George I was crowned at Westminster Abbey on 20th October 1714. He could not speak much English and the ceremonies were mostly conducted in Latin.
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Henry I
Henry I’s coronation took place at Westminster Abbey on 5th August 1100. He married Princess Matilda of Scotland at Westminster Abbey on 11th November 1100.
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Matilda (Maud) wife of Henry I
The marriage of Matilda of Scotland to King Henry I in 1100 united the Saxon and Norman lines. She is buried near the Shrine of St Edward in Westminster Abbey but has no tomb or memorial.
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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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Lady Wood
Mary was buried on 1st April 1665 but has no marker or monument. The location in the burial register says "near the Convocation door".
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Sir Richard Corbet
In St Margaret's Church Westminster, at the west end of the north aisle, is a monument to Sir Richard Corbet, 2nd Baronet of Leighton.
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George James Riddell
Soldier
In the south transept is the grave of George James Riddell and his stepmother Dame Sarah Riddell. It adjoins the grave of Robert Adam.
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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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Edmund Allenby
Soldier
The ashes of Field Marshal Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, were buried in the Warriors Chapel (now St George's chapel) in Westminster Abbey.