Search this website

143 results found, displaying page 4 of 8

• Evensong & Wreathlaying at the grave of Charles Darwin

  Thursday, 12th February 2009

  Westminster Abbey honoured the memory of Charles Darwin, the naturalist and father of the theory of evolution, with a short service and a floral tribute on the 200th anniversary of his birth.

  Charles Darwin Wreathlaying

• Westminster Abbey honours Ted Hughes

  Seamus Heaney led the tributes on Tuesday 6th December at the dedication of a new memorial to the Poet Laureate Ted Hughes in Poets’ Corner at Westminster Abbey.

• Westminster Abbey honour for Lord Callaghan

  Wednesday, 8th July 2015

  A memorial ledger stone to the Right Honourable The Lord Callaghan of Cardiff KG was dedicated in the north-west corner of the nave of Westminster Abbey on Tuesday 7th July 2015.

  James Callaghan Memorial dedication

• Sir Roger Bannister honoured with new memorial stone

  Tuesday, 28th September 2021

  A memorial stone to Sir Roger Bannister CH CBE was dedicated in Westminster Abbey on Tuesday 28th September 2021.

  Special Service

• HRH The Duchess of Cornwall honours war dead

  HRH The Duchess of Cornwall opened the 93rd Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 11th November 2021.

• Zachary Macaulay

  Statesman and Abolitionist

  Zachary Macaulay has a life size bust in the nave. He was a member of the Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade.

• William Whitfield Dakins

  Priest/Minister

  William Whitfield Dakins, minor canon of Westminster, is buried in the south cloister. The inscription was re-cut in 1950 but is now rather worn.

• 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).

• William Cowper

  Poet

  In St George's chapel in Westminster Abbey is a two light stained glass window in memory of poets William Cowper and George Herbert.

• Staats Long Morris

  Soldier

  General Staats Long Morris is probably the only American buried in Westminster Abbey. His grave is in the north aisle of the nave.

• Evan Nepean

  Priest/Minister

  The Reverend Evan Nepean (pronounced Nep-een) was Canon of Westminster from 1860-1873 and is buried in the east cloister of Westminster Abbey with his wife.

• Thomas Babington Macaulay

  Poet and Historian

  Thomas Babington (Macaulay), 1st Baron Macaulay, historian and poet, was buried at the foot of Joseph Addison's statue in Poets' Corner on 9th January 1860.

• James Stewart Mackenzie

  On the wall of the south transept is a marble monument to Scottish politician James Stewart Mackenzie. This shows a portrait relief medallion of James.

• Elizabeth and Jane Joye

  In the north cloister is the gravestone of sisters Elizabeth and Jane Joye. Elizabeth was the eldest child of James Joye.

• Charles III

  King Charles III was crowned in Westminster Abbey on 6th May 2023.

• Hugh Easton

  Artist

  There are six stained glass windows in Westminster Abbey and its precincts designed by stained glass artist Hugh Easton.

• Edmund Ayrton

  Musician and Composer

  Dr Edmund Ayrton, composer and Lay Vicar of Westminster Abbey, was buried in the north cloister. He seems never to have had an inscribed gravestone.

• James Hamilton, Earl of Abercorn & Family

  Soldier

  Colonel James Hamilton, and the 6th and 7th Earls of Abercorn are buried in the Abbey.

• Bridget Radley

  Bridget Radley is buried in the south aisle of the nave of Westminster Abbey and in the window splay nearby is a white marble cartouche.

• Harold Wilson

  Politician and Statesman

  A memorial for former Prime Minister Harold Wilson (Lord Wilson of Reivaulx) K.G., F.R.S. was dedicated at the west end of the nave in 2013.