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Westminster Abbey to honour Sir Ernest Shackleton
Friday, 12th January 2024
A memorial stone to Sir Ernest Shackleton, one of the most celebrated Antarctic Explorers of the twentieth century, will be dedicated at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 15th February 2024.
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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 Humphrey Bourchier
Soldier
Sir Humphrey Bourchier (or Bourgchier) is buried in St Edmund's chapel. The Purbeck marble altar tomb once had a brass figure on it.
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Temple West
Sailor
In the north choir aisle of Westminster Abbey is a white marble monument to Vice Admiral Temple West. This is by the sculptor Joseph Wilton.
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Francis and John Beaumont
Poet
Francis Beaumont, poet and dramatist, and his brother Sir John Beaumont are both buried in Poets' Corner, at the entrance to St Benedict's chapel.
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Isaac Barrow
Mathematician
Isaac Barrow, mathematician, classical scholar and theologian, is buried in the south transept of Westminster Abbey with a marble monument against the wall.
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James Watt
Engineer
A small bust now commemorates James Watt, the great civil engineer. This replaced a very large marble statue.
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Richard Creed
Soldier
There are memorials to two people named Richard Creed in the south choir aisle of Westminster Abbey: Major Richard Creed and Lieutenant Richard Creed.
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Thomas Triplet
Priest/Minister and Philanthropist
Thomas Triplet (or Triplett), Sub-Dean of the Abbey, was buried in the south transept and has a monument there.
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Henry and Millicent Fawcett
Philanthropist and Statesman
In the chapel of St George, near the west door, is a joint memorial to Henry Fawcett, politician, and his wife Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett.
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Sir James Stewart Denham
Sir James Stewart (or Steuart) Denham has a memorial tablet by Joseph Wilton in a window splay in the nave of Westminster Abbey
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Hugh & Muriel Dowding
Airman
The ashes of Air Chief Marshal Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding of Bentley Priory, are buried in the Royal Air Force chapel.
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Thomas Cole
Politician
On the south wall of St Margaret's church, near the vestry door, is a brass, consisting of two plates, to Member of Parliament Thomas Cole.
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Robert Hauley
Soldier
Robert Hauley (Haule or Hawle), a squire, was murdered in Westminster Abbey in 1378. He and fellow squire John Shakel took a hostage.
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Robert South
Priest/Minister and Philanthropist
Robert South, prebendary of Westminster, is buried in the lantern area, just before the steps up to the Cosmati pavement and next to Richard Busby.
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Edward Wetenhall
Priest/Minister, Physician and Doctor
In the south transept of Westminster Abbey is the grave of Bishop Wetenhall. His son Edward, a doctor, has a monument, by William Woodman, nearby.
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Granville Sharp
Abolitionist
A memorial tablet, by the sculptor Sir Francis Chantrey, was erected for slavery abolitionist Granville Sharp in the south transept of Westminster Abbey.
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John Freind
Writer, Physician and Doctor
John Freind, physician and author, has a monument in the south aisle of the nave, not far from his friend and rival Dr Richard Mead.
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A Reflection on history
Friday, 12th June 2020
I have been watching the film of Edward Colston’s statue emerging from Bristol’s Floating Harbour. The statue stood on the city centre Watershed, perhaps five hundred metres from Bristol Cathedral.
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Edward the Confessor and Edith
Edward the Confessor was King from 1042 to 1066. He founded a monastery to St Peter, known as Westminster Abbey. His body still lies in his Shrine.