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Muzio Clementi
Musician and Composer
The Italian musician Muzio Clementi is buried in the south cloister of the Abbey. The directors of the Philharmonic Society requested his burial here.
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Richard Jones, Earl of Ranelagh
Richard Jones, 1st Earl of Ranelagh, his first wife, son and two daughters are buried in St John the Baptist's chapel in Westminster Abbey.
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Dorothy Howard Graham
Dorothy, eldest daughter of William Howard was buried in St John the Baptist's chapel in Westminster Abbey on 17th December 1701.
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Edward Lear
Artist and Writer
A memorial stone to Edward Lear, writer, artist and ornithologist, was unveiled in Poets' Corner Westminster Abbey on 6th June 1988 by Sir Hugh Casson.
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Richard Lucas
Priest/Minister
Dr Richard Lucas is buried in the south transept. In 1677 he published the first of many works, Practical Christianity, and was a noted preacher.
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Francis De Breval
Priest/Minister
The Reverend Dr Francis Durant De Breval was buried in the south transept on 29th January 1708 but there is nothing to mark his grave.
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John and Mary Granger
John Granger (or Grainger) and his wife Mary are both buried in the centre part of the nave. The original gravestone was taken up in.
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Gilbert Wimberley
Priest/Minister
The Reverend Dr Gilbert Wimberley or Wymberley was minister at St Margaret's church Westminster from 1630 and was buried in the chancel.
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John Dudley Carleton
The ashes of John Dudley Carleton, Head Master of Westminster School, are buried in the vault of the Islip chapel in Westminster Abbey.
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Kenneth Muir Mackenzie
Politician
In the north cloister is the grave of politician Kenneth, Baron Muir Mackenzie. He was born on 29th June 1845 at Delvine in Perthshire.
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John Clarke Haden
Priest/Minister
On the wall of the north cloister is a plain stone memorial tablet to the Reverend John Clarke Haden, Minor Canon of Westminster from 1846-1869.
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Gabriel More
Priest/Minister
Dr Gabriel More, or Moore, was buried in the Quire area, near the Sub-Dean's stall, on 29th October 1652. He has no marker or memorial.
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Charles Smyth
Writer, Historian and Priest/Minister
On the south wall of St Margaret's church Westminster is an oval tablet to former Rector and Canon of Westminster Charles Hugh Egerton Smyth.
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Gordon Roland-Adams
Musician
The ashes of Leslie Gordon Roland-Adams, Head Master of Westminster Abbey Choir School, 1988 to 1997, were buried in the vault of the Islip chapel.
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Roger and Agneta Cooper
Roger and Agneta Cooper, who served Queen Anne, are buried in the east cloister but the inscription has worn away.
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William Bent and family
On the north wall of St Margaret's Westminster is a tablet to William Bent and family. Much of the inscription is now illegible.
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Pierson Lloyd
Priest/Minister
The Revd. Pierson Lloyd was a master at Westminster School and is buried in the east cloister of Westminster Abbey.
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Requiem Mass Marks Start of Lady Chapel Festival
Friday, 22nd April 2016
The Dean of Westminster, the Very Reverend Dr John Hall, celebrated Requiem Mass in the Lady Chapel, Westminster Abbey, on Thursday 21st April 2016, the Anniversary of the Death of King Henry VII.
Lady Chapel The Choir of Westminster Abbey Requiem Mass Henry VII 500 Years of Wonder
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Princess Mary of Orange
Princess Mary of Orange, eldest daughter of Charles I and Henrietta Maria, is buried in a vault in the south aisle of Henry VII's chapel.
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Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence
A small gilt bronze statuette (or weeper) of Lionel, Duke of Clarence, can be seen on the tomb of his father Edward III.