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• Peter Birch

  Priest/Minister

  Peter Birch, clergyman, and his wife Martha are buried in the south transept. Martha has a white marble Baroque wall tablet near Chaucer's tomb.

• Charles Buller

  Politician

  On the wall of the west aisle of the north transept is a memorial with a life size marble bust to politician Charles Buller.

• Robert Adam

  Architect

  In the south transept of Westminster Abbey is the grave of the celebrated Scottish architect Robert Adam. The stone was re-cut in 1974.

• Samuel Barton and Jane Wowen

  Priest/Minister

  On a pillar in the south transept is a memorial to Dr Samuel Barton. His daughter Jane and her husband John Wowen are also buried here.

• Sir John Pringle

  Physician and Doctor

  On the wall of the south transept of Westminster Abbey is a memorial of grey and white marble to Sir John Pringle, physician.

• William Twisse

  Priest/Minister

  In the south transept of Westminster Abbey is a grey fossil marble tablet to William Twisse, preacher in the Cromwellian period, and three others.

• John Berkeley, Lord Fitzharding

  In the north ambulatory are the graves of John Berkeley, Lord Fitzharding and his wife Barbara. He was the younger son of Sir Charles Berkeley.

• William Strong

  Priest/Minister

  William Strong, independent minister, was buried in Westminster Abbey in July 1654 but his body was disinterred after Charles II was restored to the throne.

• Sir Charles Peers

  b.1868 Architect

  The ashes of Sir Charles Peers are buried in the Islip chapel. He was Surveyor of the Fabric at the Abbey from 1935 to 1951.

• William Heather

  Musician and Composer

  William Heather (or Heyther), composer and singer, was buried in the south transept on 1st August 1627 but had no marker until 1926.

• Samuel Johnson

  Writer

  In the south transept of Westminster Abbey is the grave of Dr Samuel Johnson, lexicographer and critic. He lies just in front of Shakespeare’s memorial.

• Sir Robert Taylor

  Architect

  On the wall of the south transept is a memorial to eminent architect Sir Robert Taylor. It is of marble enriched with festoons of flowers.

• William and Jane Outram

  Priest/Minister

  William Outram (or Owtram), Canon of Westminster from 1670-79, is buried in the south transept. On the wall is a monument surmounted by an urn.

• Thomas Chiffinch

  Servant

  Thomas Chiffinch [or Cheffin], servant to the King, was buried on 10th April 1666 in the south transept of Westminster Abbey.

• John & Elizabeth Heylyn

  Priest/Minister

  Dr John Heylyn and his wife and daughter are buried in the south transept. The gravestone inscription is now very faint except for Elizabeth's name.

• 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.

• Sir William Chambers

  Architect

  Sir William Chambers, architect, is buried in the south transept of Westminster Abbey, beside fellow architects Robert Adam and James Wyatt.

• John Ernest Grabe

  John Ernest Grabe, biblical scholar, has a monument in the south transept. On the west wall, it shows his figure dressed in gown and bands.

• Sir John Gielgud

  Actor

  A memorial stone for actor and director Sir John Gielgud was unveiled near to the grave of Lord Olivier in April 2022.

• Abbey to Honour Ted Hughes

  Friday, 19th March 2010

  Westminster Abbey will honour Ted Hughes, one of the most significant poets of the 20th century, with a memorial in Poets’ Corner.

  Ted Hughes