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William Croft
Musician and Composer
Musician and composer William Croft is buried in the north choir aisle. Nearby is a monument with Croft’s bust and relief of an organ.
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John Gideon Loten
On a window ledge in the north aisle of the nave is a memorial to John Gideon Loten, Governor of Batavia (Jakarta) who died 1789.
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Jebb family
Physician and Doctor
Sir Richard Jebb, physician, and his brothers Samuel and Avery, are buried in the west cloister. Sir Richard has a monument on the wall.
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Lady Elizabeth & Joseph Nightingale
In St Michael’s chapel, off the north transept of Westminster Abbey, is a remarkable monument, by L.F. Roubiliac, commemorating Lady Elizabeth Nightingale and her husband Joseph.
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Canaletto painting of the Abbey goes on display
Monday, 2nd March 2020
A Canaletto painting of Westminster Abbey rarely seen in public goes on display in the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries this week until autumn 2020.
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Autumn season of events celebrates human dignity
Tuesday, 26th September 2023
A new season of events at Westminster Abbey this autumn, Dignity, will remember those whose impact on national life may have been overlooked or forgotten.
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Edmund Kyrton
Abbot
Edmund Kyrton or Kirton was Abbot of Westminster from 1440-1462. He is buried beneath a now lost brass in St Andrew's chapel Westminster Abbey.
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Elizabeth Corbett and Mildred Hotham
On the north wall of St Margaret's is a tablet to Elizabeth Corbett and Lady Mildred Hotham. The epitaph verses were composed by Alexander Pope.
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Thomas Bilson
Priest/Minister and Writer
Thomas Bilson, bishop of Winchester, is buried in the south ambulatory. The plate over his grave has been moved against the wall for better preservation.
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William and Mary Bulmer
William and Mary Bulmer and their son William are buried in the west cloister but their memorials perished long ago and the graves are unmarked.
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Charles Hamilton, Earl of Selkirk
Soldier
Charles Hamilton (formerly Douglas) Earl of Selkirk and Baron Daer and Shortcleuch, was buried in April 1739 in the vault of the Duke of Buckingham.
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Antoine Philippe, Duc de Montpensier
Antoine Philippe d'Orleans, Duc de Montpensier was buried in a vault in Henry VII's chapel in Westminster Abbey and has a monument there.
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Mary Beaufoy
In the north aisle of the nave is a marble monument, by sculptor Grinling Gibbons, to Mary Beaufoy. She was buried on 17th July 1705.
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Elizabeth Herrick
In St Margaret's is a modern painted wooden tablet to Elizabeth Herrick, which replaced one which had disappeared from the church in the 18th century.
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Robert Hooke
Scientist
A memorial for Robert Hooke, one of the most brilliant and versatile of English scientists, was unveiled on 3rd March 2005.
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Henry and Aubrey de Vere, Earls of Oxford
Soldier
Henry de Vere, 18th Earl of Oxford, was Lord High Chamberlain of England and was buried in a vault in St John the Baptist's chapel.
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John Seely, Lord Mottistone
Architect
Henry John Alexander Seely, 2nd Lord Mottistone, of the architect firm of Seely and Paget, re-built several of the houses in Little Cloister, Westminster Abbey.
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George Wade
Soldier
Field Marshal George Wade, famous for roads he built in Scotland, was buried in the centre aisle of the nave. His monument is by Roubiliac.
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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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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.