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• Spring Family

  In the west cloister of Westminster Abbey is a gravestone for various members of the Spring family. The inscription is faint in places.

• Wardour family

  Anna Sophia Wardour and two sons are buried in the centre part of the nave. Their graves are now marked by small lozenge stones.

• Cholmondeley family

  Soldier

  James Cholmondeley, army officer, is buried in the nave but with no monument. A memorial also stands for two sons of Robert, 1st Viscount Cholmondeley.

• Markham Family

  Members of the Markham family are buried in Westminster Abbey, including Major William Markham in the north cloister and his son William, Archbishop of York.

• Crewe Family

  In the north ambulatory is a tablet to Juliana Crewe. On the other side is a marble mural monument to Lady Jane Crewe.

• Stone family

  Priest/Minister

  George Stone, archbishop of Armagh, was buried in the north aisle of the nave on 28th December 1764. He was born on 7th January 1708.

• Apsley family

  Four members of the Apsley family are buried in the south ambulatory of Westminster Abbey: Sir Allen, Frances, Anne and Allen.

• Gullan Family

  Several members of the Gullan family of Westminster are buried in St Margaret's church Westminster (although not all of those named on the memorial).

• Beauclerk family

  Sailor

  Several members of the family of Charles Beauclerk, Duke of St Albans are buried or commemorated in Westminster Abbey. Lord Aubrey Beauclerk has a monument.

• Killigrew Family

  Priest/Minister, Soldier and Playwright

  In the north aisle of the nave is a white marble monument to Robert Killigrew. It is a tablet in the form of a shield.

• Carteret family

  In the north aisle of the nave of Westminster Abbey are monuments to Dame Elizabeth Carteret, Edward and Philip Carteret.

• Atwood family

  Scientist, Mathematician and Priest/Minister

  In St Margaret's church are two memorials to the Atwood family. The Reverend Thomas Atwood and his wife have a tablet on the south wall.

• Mauleverer family

  Sir Richard Mauleverer and various members of his family were buried in Westminster Abbey. Grace has a memorial tablet.

• Vacher family

  Philanthropist

  The Vacher family of Westminster gave both the brass eagle lectern and the carved and painted pulpit in St Margaret's church Westminster.

• Hatton Family

  Statesman

  The large monument to Sir Christopher Hatton is now in the triforium, having being moved from the lower Islip chapel. He and his wife Alice are both buried just outside this area .

• Willes family

  Priest/Minister and Codebreaker

  Dr Edward Willes, bishop of Bath and Wells, was buried in the north ambulatory, together with his wife Jane and sons Edward and Sir Francis.

• Villiers Family

  Politician and Soldier

  Sir George Villiers, his wife Mary, son George 1st Duke of Buckingham and others of the family are buried in Westminster Abbey.

• Holles Family

  Politician, Soldier and Sailor

  Francis, Sir George, Sir Frescheville and John duke of Newcastle are among members of the Holles family buried in Westminster Abbey. Three have monuments.

• The Nation's Memory

  When Charles Dickens died at his home in Kent on 9th June 1870, it was presumed that he would be buried in Rochester Cathedral or in one of the nearby parish churches at Cobham or Shorne. This, after all, was what the author of some of the greatest novels in the English language had wanted.

• Noe Laine family

  Philanthropist

  A small window to members of the Noe family was given by Mrs Linda Noe Laine, a generous benefactor to the Westminster Abbey restoration appeal.