History

Famous People & the Abbey

The following list of people buried or commemorated in Westminster Abbey provides links to information about them and their monuments. The list is necessarily selective and NOT COMPLETE at present, but further names and information will gradually be added. Contact the Abbey Library if you have a query about a burial or monument not covered by this list - see Contacts 

Photography is not permitted within the Abbey Church. Photos can be purchased from the Abbey Library, (not the shop). Library E-mail address on Contacts section of the website.

Most pages about individual monuments include a transcript of the inscription and an English translation if the original is in Latin. The spelling of names and words in English has often changed over the centuries and this is reflected in the inscriptions.

Abbott, Eric Symes Abbott
Adam, Robert Adam
Adams, John Couch Adams
Addison, Joseph Addison
Agar, Charles Agar, Earl of Normanton
Agard, Arthur Agard
Allenby, Edmund Allenby
André, John André
Annandale, Sophia Fairholm, Marchioness of Annandale
Anstey, Christopher Anstey
Anstruther, Sir Robert Anstruther
Apsley, Apsley family
Arnold, Thomas and Matthew Arnold
Arnold, Samuel Arnold
Asquith, Herbert Asquith, Earl of Oxford and Asquith
Atkyns, Edward and Robert Atkyns
Atterbury, Francis Atterbury
Attlee, Clement Attlee
Auden, Wystan Hugh Auden
Austen, Jane Austen
Ayrton, Edmund Ayrton
Ayton, Robert Ayton
Baden-Powell, Robert & Olave Baden-Powell
Baillie, Matthew Baillie
Baker, John Baker
Baker, Sir Herbert Baker
Baker, Sir Benjamin Baker
Balchen, Sir John Balchen
Baldwin, Stanley Baldwin
Balfe, Michael William Balfe
Banks, Thomas Banks
Baring, Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer
Barnard, William Barnard
Barnard, Sir Henry Barnard
Barnett, Samuel and Henrietta Barnett
Barrell, William Barrell
Barrow, Isaac Barrow
Barry, Sir Charles and Sir John Wolfe Barry
Bartleman, James Bartleman
Bayne, William Bayne
Beauclerk, Beauclerk family
Beaufort, Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond
Beaufoy, Mary Beaufoy
Beaumont, Francis and John Beaumont
Bedell, William Bedell
Behn, Aphra Behn
Belasyse, Sir Henry Belasyse
Bell, Andrew Bell
Bennett, William Sterndale Bennett
Bennett, Louis Bennett & Royal Flying Corps
Benson, William Benson
Betjeman, Sir John Betjeman
Betterton, Thomas Betterton
Bevin, Ernest Bevin
Bill, William Bill
Bilson, Thomas Bilson
Bingham, Richard Bingham
Blackwood, Sir Henry Blackwood
Blair, William Blair
Blake, Robert Blake
Blake, William Blake
Blakeney, William Blakeney
Blount, Charles Blount, Earl of Devonshire
Blow, John Blow
Bohun, Eleanor de Bohun, Duchess of Gloucester
Bond, Denis Bond
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Booth, William Booth
Booth, Barton Booth
Boscawen, Nicholas Boscawen
Boulter, Hugh Boulter
Bourchier, Sir Humphrey Bourchier
Bowes, Mary Eleanor Bowes, Countess of Strathmore
Bracegirdle, Anne Bracegirdle
Bradford, Samuel and William Bradford
Bradshaw, John Bradshaw
Brandon, Frances Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk
Bridge, Sir John Frederick Bridge
Bringfield, James Bringfield
Britten, Benjamin Britten
Brocas, Sir Bernard Brocas
Bromley, Sir Thomas Bromley
Bronte, Bronte, Charlotte, Emily and Anne
Broughton, John Broughton
Broughton, Sir Edward Broughton
Browning, Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Brunel, Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Buckland, William Buckland
Buller, Charles Buller
Bunyan, John Bunyan
Burdett-Coutts, Angela Burdett-Coutts
Burgoyne, John Burgoyne
Burland, Sir John Burland
Burney, Frances and Charles Burney
Burns, Robert Burns
Busby, Richard Busby
Butler, Samuel Butler
Buxton, Thomas Fowell Buxton
Byron, Lord Byron
Camden, William Camden
Campbell, Colin Campbell, Lord Clyde
Campbell, John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll
Campbell, Thomas Campbell
Campbell, Sir Archibald and Sir James Campbell
Campbell Bannerman, Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman
Canning, George, Charles & Stratford Canning
Captain, HMS Captain
Carew, Nicholas Carew
Carey, Henry Carey, Lord Hunsdon
Carey, William Carey
Carleton, Dudley Carleton, Viscount Dorchester
Carroll, Lewis Carroll
Carteret, Carteret family
Cary, Henry Francis Cary
Casaubon, Isaac Casaubon
Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh
Cavendish, William & Margaret Cavendish
Caxton, William Caxton
Cecil, Elizabeth Cecil
Cecil, Thomas Cecil, Earl of Exeter
Chamberlain, Joseph and Neville Chamberlain
Chamberlen, Hugh Chamberlen
Chambers, Sir William Chambers
Chapman, Christopher Chapman
Chardin, Sir John Chardin
Chaucer, Geoffrey Chaucer
Chester, Joseph Lemuel Chester
Chichester, Sir Francis Chichester
Chiffinch, Thomas Chiffinch
Cholmondeley, Cholmondeley family
Churchill, George Churchill
Churchill, Sir Winston Churchill
Cibber, Susanna Cibber
Civilian War Dead, Civilian War Dead Roll of Honour 1939 - 1945
Clanricarde, Anne, Countess of Clanricarde
Clare, John Clare
Clarkson, Thomas Clarkson
Claypole, Elizabeth Claypole
Clementi, Muzio Clementi
Clifford, Jane, Lady Clifford
Clive, Robert Clive
Cobden, Richard Cobden
Cochrane, Thomas Cochrane, Earl of Dundonald
Colchester, William of Colchester
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Combined Services (Commandos, SAS, Submariners), Combined Services Memorial
Comper, Sir Ninian Comper
Conduitt, John Conduitt
Congreve, William Congreve
Constable, Sir William Constable
Constable, Robert Constable, Viscount Dunbar
Cooke, Benjamin and Robert Cooke
Cooke, Edward Cooke
Coote, Eyre Coote
Coote, Algernon Coote, Earl of Mountrath
Cornewall, Henry and James Cornewall
Cottington, Francis Cottington
Cottrell, Clement Cottrell
Courcy, Almericus de Courcy, Baron Kingsale
Courtenay, Richard Courtenay
Coward, Noel Coward
Cowley, Abraham Cowley
Cowper, William Cowper
Coxe, Sir Richard Coxe
Craggs, James Craggs
Cranfield, Lionel Cranfield, Earl of Middlesex
Creed, Richard Creed
Crewe, Crewe family
Croft, William Croft
Cromwell, Oliver Cromwell and family
Cumberland, Richard Cumberland
Curzon, George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
Czechoslovak Forces, Czechoslovak Forces
Dakins, William Whitfield Dakins
Darwin, Charles Darwin
Daubeney, Giles Daubeney
Davenant, Sir William Davenant
Davy, Sir Humphrey Davy
De Vic, Sir Henry De Vic
Deane, Richard Deane
Dearmer, Percy Dearmer
Delaval, Delaval family
Denham, Sir James Stewart Denham
Devereux, Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex
Dickens, Charles Dickens
Dickinson, William Dickinson
Dirac, Paul Dirac
Disraeli, Benjamin Disraeli
Dodington, Bartholomew Dodington
Dorislaus, Isaac Dorislaus
Douglas, Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox
Dowding, Hugh Dowding
Drake, Sir Francis Drake
Drayton, Michael Drayton
Drummond, Charles and Gavin Drummond
Dryden, John Dryden
Duckworth, Robinson Duckworth
Dunk, George Montagu Dunk, Earl of Halifax
Duppa, Brian and Thomas Duppa
Duras, Louis de Duras, Earl of Feversham
Edmund, Edmund, Earl of Lancaster
Edwardes, Sir Herbert Edwardes
Elgar, Sir Edward Elgar
Eliot, Thomas Stearns Eliot
Eliot, George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans)
Elizabeth, Grand Duchess Elizabeth
Elliot, Gilbert and Hugh Elliot
Fairborne, Sir Palmes Fairborne
Fane, Elizabeth Fane
Faraday, Michael Faraday
Fascet, George Fascet
Fawcett, Henry and Millicent Fawcett
Ferne, Henry Ferne
Fleming, James and John Fleming
Florey, Howard Florey
Folkes, Martin Folkes
Follett, William Webb Follett
Fowler, William Fowler
Fox, Charles James Fox
Franklin, Sir John Franklin
Fraser, Ian Fraser, Lord Fraser of Lonsdale
Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales, Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales
Freke, Freke sisters
Fullerton, James Fullerton
Garrick, David Garrick
Gaskell, Elizabeth Gaskell
Gay, John Gay
Gayfere, Thomas Gayfere
Gethin, Grace Gethin
Gibbons, Orlando and Christopher Gibbons
Gifford, William Gifford
Gladstone, William and Catherine Gladstone
Godfrey, Edward and Sir Edmund Godfrey
Godolphin, Godolphin family
Goldsmith, Oliver Goldsmith
Goodman, Gabriel Goodman
Gordon, George Gordon, Earl of Aberdeen
Gordon, Charles George Gordon
Gordon, Adam Lindsay Gordon
Gouland, Richard Gouland
Grabe, John Ernest Grabe
Graham, George Graham
Grattan, Henry Grattan
Gray, Thomas Gray
Greatorex, Thomas Greatorex
Green, George Green
Griffith, Piers Griffith
Grote, George Grote
Guest, Joshua Guest
Hailey, William Malcolm Hailey
Hakluyt, Richard Hakluyt
Hales, Stephen Hales
Halley, Edmond Halley
Handel, George Frederic Handel
Hanway, Jonas Hanway
Harbord, Sir Charles Harbord
Hardy, Sir Thomas Hardy
Hardy, Thomas Hardy
Hargrave, William Hargrave
Harpedon, Sir John Harpedon
Harrison, John Harrison
Harrison, Admiral John Harrison
Harvey, John Harvey
Hastings, Warren Hastings
Hatton, Hatton family
Hauley, Robert Hauley
Hawkins, Sir John Hawkins
Heather, William Heather
Henderson, John Henderson
Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales
Herbert, George Herbert
Herbert, Edward, Lord Herbert of Cherbury
Herrick, Robert Herrick
Herries, Charles Herries
Herschel, William & John Herschel
Hertford, Frances, Countess of Hertford
Hesketh, Sir Thomas Hesketh
Heylyn, Peter Heylyn
Hill, Octavia Hill
Hill, Rowland Hill
Holles, Holles family
Holmes, Charles Holmes
Hooke, Robert Hooke
Hooker, Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
Hope, Henry Hope
Hope, Adrian Hope
Hope, Sir George Hope
Hopkins, Gerard Manley Hopkins
Horneck, Anthony & William Horneck
Horner, Francis Horner
Horrocks, Jeremiah Horrocks
Housman, A.E.Housman
Howard, John Howard, Earl of Stafford
Howe, George Howe
Howells, Herbert Howells
Hughes, Ted Hughes
Humfrey, Pelham Humfrey
Hunter, John Hunter
Hutt, John Hutt
Hyde, Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon
Ingram, Sir Thomas Ingram
Intelligence Services, Intelligence services MI5,GCHQ,SIS
Ireland, John Ireland
Ireton, Henry Ireton
Irving, Sir Henry Irving
Islip, John Islip
James, Henry James
Jebb, Jebb family
Jennings, Sir John Jennings
John, John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall
John, Esther John
Johnson, Samuel Johnson
Johnston, James Johnston
Jonson, Ben Jonson
Joule, James Prescott Joule
Julius, William Julius
Kane, Richard Kane
Keats, John Keats
Keble, John Keble
Kelvin, William Thomson, Lord Kelvin
Kemble, John Philip Kemble
Kendall, James and Mary Kendall
Ker, Christian Ker
Kerry, Francis Fitzmaurice, Earl of Kerry
Killigrew, Thomas and Robert Killigrew
King, Martin Luther King Jr
Kingsley, Charles Kingsley
Kipling, Rudyard Kipling
Kirk, Percy Kirk
Kneller, Sir Godfrey Kneller
Knipe, Thomas Knipe
Knollys, Katherine Knollys
Kolbe, Maximilian Kolbe
Lake, George Lake
Langham, Simon Langham
Lansdowne, Henry Petty, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne
Lawes, Henry and John Lawes
Lawrence, Stringer Lawrence
Lawrence, David Herbert Lawrence
Lawrence, John Laird Mair Lawrence
Lear, Edward Lear
Leith, Sir James Leith
Levinz, William Levinz
Ligonier, John and Francis Ligonier
Lind, Jenny Lind
Lister, Joseph Lister
Livingstone, Thomas Livingstone, Viscount Teviot
Livingstone, David Livingstone
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Lort, Sir Gilbert Lort
Loten, John Gideon Loten
Lovell, Sir Thomas Lovell
Lowell, James Russell Lowell
Lucas, Richard Lucas
Ludlow, Philip Ludlow
Luwum, Janani Luwum
Lyell, Charles Lyell
Lyndwood, William Lyndwood
Lyte, Henry Francis Lyte
Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton
Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay
Macaulay, Zachary Macaulay
MacDonald, Ramsay MacDonald
Mackenzie, James Stewart Mackenzie
Mackintosh, Sir James Mackintosh
Mackworth, Humphrey Mackworth
Macpherson, James Macpherson
Maine, Sir Henry Sumner Maine
Malcolm, Sir John Malcolm
Manners, Lord Robert Manners
Mansfield, William Murray, Lord Mansfield
Markham, Markham family
Marlowe, Christopher Marlowe
Masefield, John Masefield
Masemola, Manche Masemola
Mason, William Mason
Maurice, Frederick Denison Maurice
Maxwell, James Clerk Maxwell
May, Thomas May
McClintock, Sir Leopold McClintock
McIlvaine, Charles McIlvaine
Mead, Richard Mead
Meldrum, John Meldrum
Methuen, John and Paul Methuen
Mexborough, Elizabeth, Countess of Mexborough
Micklethwaite, John Thomas Micklethwaite
Milner, Alfred, Viscount Milner
Milton, John Milton
Mohun, Philippa Mohun, Duchess of York
Monck, George and Nicholas Monck
Monk, James Henry Monk
Montagu, James Montagu
Montagu, Edward Montagu, Earl of Sandwich
Montpensier, Antoine Philippe, Duc de Montpensier
Moray, Sir Robert Moray
Morland, Carola and Ann Morland
Morris, Staats Long Morris
Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma
Mowbray, Anne Mowbray, Duchess of York
Murray, Gilbert Murray
Nelson, Horatio, Viscount Nelson
Neve, Richard and John Le Neve
Newton, Sir Isaac Newton
Nicholson, Sir Sydney Nicholson
Nightingale, Lady Elizabeth Nightingale
Norris, Henry, Lord Norris
Northumberland, Elizabeth, Duchess of Northumberland
Ogle, John Ogle
Old Contemptibles, Old Contemptibles, British Expeditionary Force
Oldfield, Ann Oldfield
Olivier, Laurence Olivier
Oswald, James Oswald
Oughton, Sir James Oughton
Outram, Sir James Outram
Outram, William Outram
Owen, Thomas Owen
O’Keeffe, Arthur O’Keeffe
Page, Walter Hines Page
Palaeologus, Theodore Palaeologus
Palmerston, Henry Temple, Viscount Palmerston
Panton, Thomas Panton
Paoli, Pasquale Paoli
Parr, Thomas Parr
Parry, Sir Thomas (Vaughan) Parry
Parsons, Sir Charles Parsons
Peabody, George Peabody
Pearce, Zachary and William Pearce
Pearson, John Loughborough Pearson
Pecksall, Richard Pecksall
Peel, Sir Robert Peel
Peers, Sir Charles Peers
Perceval, Spencer Perceval
Peyton, Sir Thomas Peyton
Philipps, Richard Philipps
Philips, John Philips
Pitt, William Pitt and family
Plenderleath, John Plenderleath
Pocock, Sir George Pocock
Poets, Poets of the First World War
Pollock, George Pollock
Pope, Alexander Pope
Popham, Edward Popham
Price, Gervase Price
Prideaux, Sir Edmund Prideaux
Priestman, Henry Priestman
Pringle, Sir John Pringle
Prior, Matthew Prior
Pritchard, Hannah Pritchard
Puckering, Sir John Puckering
Pulteney, William Pulteney, Earl of Bath
Pulteney, Daniel Pulteney
Purcell, Henry Purcell
Pym, John Pym
Queen's Westminster Volunteers, Queen's Westminster Volunteers
Raffles, Stamford Raffles
Ramsay, Sir William Ramsay
Rayleigh, John Strutt, Lord Rayleigh
Rennell, James Rennell
Richardson, Thomas Richardson
Roberts, John Roberts
Robessart, Sir Lewis Robessart, Lord Bourgchier
Robinson, Sir Thomas Robinson
Robinson, Sir Lumley Robinson
Rochefoucauld, Francis de la Rochefoucauld
Romero, Oscar Romero
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Rowe, Nicholas Rowe
Royal Army Medical Corps, Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC)
Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet founders
Royce, Sir Henry Royce
Rupert, Prince Rupert of the Rhine
Ruskin, John Ruskin
Russell, John, Earl Russell
Russell, John and Elizabeth Russell
Ruthall, Thomas Ruthall
Rutherford, Ernest Rutherford
Ryle, Herbert Edward Ryle
Salisbury, Robert (Cecil), Marquess of Salisbury
Sanderson, Sir William Sanderson
Saunders, Sir Charles Saunders
Sausmarez, Philip de Sausmarez
Savile, George Savile, Marquess of Halifax
Scott, Sir George Gilbert Scott
Scott, Sir Walter Scott
Shadwell, Thomas Shadwell
Shakespeare, William Shakespeare
Sharp, Granville Sharp
Sheffield, John Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham
Shelley, Percy Bysshe Shelley
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Shield, William Shield
Shovell, Sir Clowdisley Shovell
Siddons, Sarah Siddons
Sidney, Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex
Simpson, Barbara Simpson
Simpson, Sir James Young Simpson
Smeaton, John Smeaton
Smith, John Smith
Smith, Samuel Smith
SOE, Special Operations Executive, SOE
Somerset, Sarah, Duchess of Somerset
Somerset, Anne (Stanhope), Duchess of Somerset
South, Robert South
Southey, Robert Southey
Spanheim, Ezekiel Spanheim
Spelman, Henry Spelman
Spenser, Edmund Spenser
Spottiswood, William Spottiswood
Spottiswood, John Spottiswood
Spottiswood, James Spottiswood
Spragge, Edward Spragge
Sprat, Thomas Sprat
St Evremond, Charles de St.Denis, Sieur de St. Evremond
St John, Catherine, Lady St John of Bletso
Stanford, Sir Charles Villiers Stanford
Stanhope, James Stanhope & Stanhope family
Stanley, Arthur & Augusta Stanley
Stanley, Sir Humphrey Stanley
Stapylton, Sir Robert Stapylton
Staunton, Sir George Leonard Staunton
Stephenson, Robert Stephenson
Stepney, George Stepney
Stewart, John Stewart
Stokes, George Gabriel Stokes
Stone, Stone family
Storr, John Storr
Stoteville, Jane Stoteville
Stradling, George and Margaret Stradling
Strathcona, Donald Smith, Lord Strathcona
Street, George Edmund Street
Strode, William Strode
Strong, William Strong
Stuart, Ludovic and Esme Stuart
Stuart, Sir Charles Stuart
Stuart, Frances Teresa Stuart, Duchess of Richmond
Talbot, Edward Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury
Tanner, Lawrence Tanner
Tapiedi, Lucian Tapiedi
Tapper, Sir Walter Tapper
Taylor, Sir Robert Taylor
Tedder, Arthur, Baron Tedder
Telford, Thomas Telford
Temple, Sir William Temple
Tennyson, Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Thackeray, William Makepeace Thackeray
Thomas, John Thomas
Thomas, Dylan Thomas
Thomas of Woodstock, Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester
Thomson, Sir Joseph John Thomson
Thomson, William Thomson, Lord Kelvin
Thomson, James Thomson
Thornburgh, Gilbert Thornburgh
Thorndike, Dame Sybil Thorndike
Thorndyke, Herbert Thorndyke
Thorndyke, John Thorndyke
Thynne, Thomas Thynne
Thynne, William Thynne
Thynne, Lord John Thynne
Tierney, George Tierney
Tompion, Thomas Tompion
Totty, Thomas Totty
Townshend, Roger Townshend
Tredenham, Sir Joseph Tredenham
Trench, Richard Chenevix Trench
Trenchard, Hugh Trenchard
Trevithick, Richard Trevithick
Trigge, Thomas Trigge
Triplet, Thomas Triplet
Trollope, Anthony Trollope
Tufnell, John and Edward Tufnell
Tufton, Richard Tufton
Twisse, William Twisse
Twysden, Twysden brothers
Tyndale, William Tyndale
Tyrrell, Richard Tyrrell
Unknown Warrior, Unknown Warrior
Ussher, James Ussher
Valence, William and Aymer de Valence
Vaughan, Sir Thomas Vaughan
Vaughan Williams, Ralph Vaughan Williams
Vere, Sir Francis Vere and Horace Vere
Vernon, Edward Vernon
Vertue, George Vertue
Villettes, William Anne Villettes
Villiers, Villiers family
Vincent, William Vincent
Wade, George Wade
Wager, Charles Wager
Walker, Alexander Walker
Wallace, Alfred Russel Wallace
Walpole, Catherine, Lady Walpole
Waltham, John of Waltham
Walton, Sir William Walton
Ward, Joshua Ward
Ware, Richard de Ware
Warren, John and Elizabeth Warren
Warren, Sir Peter Warren
Watson, Charles Watson
Watt, James Watt
Watts, Isaac Watts
Webb, Richmond Webb
Webb, Beatrice and Sidney Webb
Wenlok, Walter de Wenlok
Wesley, John Wesley, Charles Wesley
Westminster, Westminster citizens war memorial
Wetenhall, Edward Wetenhall
Wharton, Henry Wharton
Whittle, Frank Whittle
Wilberforce, William Wilberforce
Wilcocks, Joseph Wilcocks
Wilde, Oscar Wilde
Willes, Willes family
Williams, Sir George Williams
Williams, Charles Williams
Willis, Thomas Willis
Wilson, Sir Robert Thomas Wilson
Winchester, Winifred, Marchioness of Winchester
Wintringham, Sir Clifton Wintringham
Withers, Henry Withers
Wolfe, James Wolfe
Woodward, John Woodward
Woollett, William Woollett
Wordsworth, William Wordsworth
Worsley, Charles Worsley
Wragg, William Wragg
Wright, Sir James Wright
Wright, Thomas Wright
Wyatt, James Wyatt
Young, Thomas Young
Zhiming, Wang Zhiming