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• Henry Carey, Lord Hunsdon & Family

  Soldier and Statesman

  The monument to Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon (died 1596) is the tallest in Westminster Abbey, at thirty-six feet high. Various members of his family are buried in the Carey vault.

• Westminster Abbey welcomes new Lord Mayor

  Monday, 8th July 2019

  Matins, attended in Civic State by the Lord Mayor of Westminster, Councillor Ruth Bush, and Councillors of the City of Westminster, was held yesterday.

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• Chilean Navy honours Admiral Lord Cochrane

  Thursday, 23rd May 2024

  Wreaths were laid by HE The Ambassador of Chile, Mrs Ximena Fuentes Torrijo, and by Vice Admiral Andrew Burns, representing the First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff.

• Abbey welcomes new Lord Mayor of Westminster

  Monday, 3rd July 2023

  Matins, attended in Civic State by the Lord Mayor of Westminster, Councillor Patricia McAllister, was held at Westminster Abbey on Sunday 2nd July 2023.

• Sir Thomas Erskine May, Lord Farnborough

  Lawyer

  In St Margaret's is a memorial to lawyer Sir Thomas Erskine May, who was created Lord Farnborough on his retirement from the House of Commons.

• Chilean Navy honours Admiral Lord Cochrane

  Thursday, 25th May 2023

  The Chilean Navy paid its annual tribute at the grave of Admiral Thomas Cochrane, the 10th Earl of Dundonald, on Wednesday 24th May 2023.

• The Right Honourable The Lord Cormack

  the bells of St Margaret's Church will be rung at about 1.00 pm following the service of thanksgiving for the life and work of Patrick Cormack, Baron Cormack

• The Epiphany of Our Lord

  the Abbey bells are rung at about 6.00 pm following the Sung Eucharist

• The Epiphany of Our Lord

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• The Transfiguration of Our Lord

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• Robert Benson, Lord Bingley

  Politician

  Robert Benson, Baron Bingley of Bingley in Yorkshire, politician, was buried on 14th April 1731 in St Paul's chapel in Westminster Abbey.

• William, Lord Hervey

  Sailor

  William Hervey was buried in the chapel of St Edmund in Westminster Abbey on 8th July 1642 but he has no gravestone or monument.

• Recordings

  The Abbey Choir enjoys a recording partnership with Hyperion. Its catalogue includes music for the great feasts, as well as Renaissance masterpieces and twentieth-century classics.

• The Right Honourable The Lord Hoyle JP GMH

  the bells of St Margaret's Church will be rung at about 1.00 pm, following the service of thanksgiving for the life and work of Doug Hoyle, Baron Hoyle

• Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-92)

  Curator Dr Susan Jenkins shares more about the lives and poetry of nine Poet Laureates who are buried or memorialised in Poets' Corner.

• The Annunciation of Our Lord to the Blessed Virgin Mary

  the Abbey bells are rung at about 6.00 pm, following the Sung Eucharist

• Abbey podcast for the Feast of the Annunciation

  Wednesday, 25th March 2020

  A podcast produced in a locked down Westminster Abbey has been released today to mark the Feast of the Annunciation of Our Lord to the Blessed Virgin Mary.

  Feast of the Annunciation of Our Lord to the Blessed Virgin Mary Our Lady of Pew Abbeycast COVID-19

• The Annunciation of Our Lord to the Blessed Virgin Mary

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• Podcast

  Westminster Abbey's podcast is a mix of sermons, services and reflections, plus lectures on issues of faith, ethics and policy from the Westminster Abbey Institute.

• Charles James Fox & Henry V. Fox, Lord Holland

  Writer, Statesman and Abolitionist

  Charles James Fox, statesman, has a monument in the nave. Henry Vassal Fox, 3rd Baron Holland, his nephew, has a large monument behind that to Charles.