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Charles Ignatius Sancho honoured with St Margaret’s memorial
Tuesday, 19th December 2023
Charles Ignatius Sancho, who escaped from a background of slavery and rose to distinction in Georgian London, has been honoured with a new memorial.
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James Rumsey
Scientist and Engineer
In St Margaret's Church is a tablet in memory of James Rumsey, West Virginia, inventor, who was buried in the churchyard on 24th December 1792.
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Sermon series: Noble Army of Martyrs
Sunday, 10th September 2023
Noble Army of Martyrs: Above the Abbey’s Great West Door stand ten statues to 20th-century Christian martyrs. This autumn, to mark the 25th anniversary of their installation, a sermon series.
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Ignatius Sancho
Writer, Musician, Playwright and Abolitionist
Ignatius Sancho, composer, writer, slave abolitionist and actor, died in 1780 and has a memorial in St Margaret's Westminster.
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William Stuart [Steuart]
Soldier
The Right Honorable General William Steuart was buried in the vault of the Duke of Buckingham in Henry VII's chapel on 10th June 1726.
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Sermon given at the First Eucharist of Christmas 2017
Sunday, 24th December 2017
Sermon given by The Reverend Professor Vernon White, Canon in Residence.
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Humphrey Salwey
Politician
Salwey was buried in the north ambulatory of Westminster Abbey in 1652. But his body was exhumed, with other followers of Oliver Cromwell, in 1661.
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Theodore Price
Priest/Minister
Dr Theodore Price, prebendary and Sub-Dean of Westminster, died on 15th December 1631 (apparently as a Roman Catholic) and was buried in the south transept.
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William & Alexander Buchan
Physician and Doctor
Dr William Buchan is buried in the west cloister with his son Alexander. There is a marble tablet with a relief portrait on the wall.
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Nicholas Oudart
Nicholas Oudart was buried in the west cloister on 21st December 1681 but has no marker. He was born at Malines (Mechlin) in Belgium.
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Sir Hugh Pollard
Politician and Soldier
Politician and Royalist army officer Sir Hugh Pollard, 2nd Baronet of King's Nympton, Devon, died on 27th November 1666 and was buried in Westminster Abbey.
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David Walter Morgan
Priest/Minister
In the north cloister is a tablet near the grave of the Reverend David Walter Morgan. He was a Lay Vicar in the Abbey choir.
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John Churchill
Carpenter
On a pillar in St Margaret's church is a marble cartouche for master carpenter John Churchill. He served the King and later Queen Anne.
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Arabella, Lady Dungannon
Arabella Susanna, Lady Dungannon was buried on 15th December 1708 at the entrance to St Andrew's chapel near the monument to Henry, Lord Norris.
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John & Catherine Doughty
Priest/Minister
The Reverend John Doughty and wife Catherine are buried in the north ambulatory. His widow later married Henry Croone (buried in the Abbey cloister).
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Stone family
Priest/Minister
George Stone, archbishop of Armagh, was buried in the north aisle of the nave on 28th December 1764. He was born on 7th January 1708.
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William Cole
Writer and Priest/Minister
The Reverend Dr William Cole, classical scholar and author, was a Prebendary at Westminster Abbey from 1792 and was buried in the north choir aisle.
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John Osbaldeston
John Osbaldeston was buried in the south transept of Westminster Abbey, not far from the grave of a fellow royal servant Thomas Chiffinch.
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Anne Wemyss
Anne Wemyss (or Wemis) was buried in the east cloister. A small oval white marble tablet was erected for her in the south choir aisle.
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Frederick W. Maitland
Historian
A memorial stone for historian F.W. Maitland was unveiled in the south transept on 4th January 2001. The stone was cut by Richard Kindersley.