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• Sir Henry Royce

  Engineer

  In the north aisle of the nave of Westminster Abbey is a memorial window for Sir Frederick Henry Royce, engineer and car designer.

• Sir Benjamin Baker

  Engineer

  In the north aisle of the nave is a memorial window to civil engineer Sir Benjamin Baker. The window was designed by J. Ninian Comper.

• Richard Trevithick

  Engineer

  A stained glass window to Richard Trevithick, Cornish inventor and engineer known as the 'father of the locomotive engine', can be seen in the nave of Westminster Abbey.

• Sir John Templeton

  Philanthropist

  The west window of Henry VII's Lady Chapel especially honours Sir John Marks Templeton (1912-2008), a very generous benefactor to the restoration of this chapel.

• Sir Henry Barnard

  Soldier

  In the north transept is a memorial stone to six soldiers, including General Sir Henry Barnard, who served and died in the Indian Mutiny.

• Lord Erroll of Hale

  Politician and Engineer

  In the west window of the Lady Chapel is the coat of arms of Lord Erroll of Hale (lower row of panels), engineer.

• Sir Peter Walters

  Philanthropist

  Sir Peter Walters has his coat of arms in the west window of the Lady Chapel. This was unveiled by The Queen in 1995.

• Helen Walton

  Philanthropist

  Helen Walton of the USA, philanthropist, was a generous donor to the Westminster Abbey Restoration Appeal, which ran from 1973-1995.

• Sir Joseph John Thomson

  Scientist and Physicist

  The ashes of physicist Sir Joseph John Thomson lie in the nave near the graves of Newton and Rutherford. Interment took place during his funeral.

• Oscar Wilde

  Writer, Poet and Playwright

  On 14th February 1995 a small stained glass memorial was unveiled in Poets' Corner Westminster Abbey for Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wilde, playwright and aesthete.

• W.H. Smith

  Politician

  In St Margaret's church Westminster, on the north side near the organ, is a stained glass window to William Henry Smith, newsagent and politician.

• Service for the New Parliament at St Margaret's Church

  Tuesday, 9th June 2015

  The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend and Right Honourable Justin Welby, Primate of All England and Metropolitan, gave the Address at Service for a New Parliament at St Margaret's Church, Westminster Abbey on Tuesday 9th June 2015.

  Service for the New Parliament St Margaret's Church

• A Service of Thanksgiving for the Life of Mrs Mary Cornelia Dee Skaggs CBE

  Friday, 9th July 2010

  A Service of Thanksgiving for the Life of Mrs Mary Cornelia Dee Skaggs CBE was held in the Lady Chapel of Westminster Abbey on Thursday 8th July at 6.00pm.

  Mary Cornelia Dee Skaggs Special Service

• Adrian Hope

  Soldier

  In the west aisle of the north transept of Westminster Abbey is a stone to Brigadier the Honorable Adrian Hope, who was killed in India.

• Colin Williams

  Philanthropist

  Colin Williams (1942-2015) was an Abbey Honorary Steward (from 1992-2012) and a generous donor to the appeal for the restoration of Henry VII's chapel.

• Sir George and Stanhope Bartley

  Politician and Soldier

  In the north porch of St Margaret's church Westminster is a window to Sir George Bartley, politician. Also a brass to his son who died in the Great War.

• A. E. Housman

  Poet

  Alfred Edward Housman, poet, has a memorial panel in the window above Chaucer's monument in Poets' Corner. This was unveiled on 17th September 1996.

• Sir Charles Parsons

  Scientist and Engineer

  In the north aisle of the nave of Westminster Abbey is a memorial window to Sir Charles Parsons, scientist and marine engineer.

• 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.

• Richard (Dick) Whittington

  A figure of Richard Whittington and his (ginger) cat can be seen in a stained glass window on the north side of the nave.