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Guinness Family
Members of the Guinness family presented sixteen crystal chandeliers to hang in the nave and transepts to mark the 900th anniversary of the Abbey’s founding.
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Thomas Totty
Sailor
In the chapel of St Andrew is a memorial to Rear Admiral Thomas Totty. This shows a relief of a ship with flag at half-mast.
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Richard Courtenay
Priest/Minister
The grave of Richard Courtenay, bishop of Norwich, was re-discovered in October 1953 in the chapel of St Edward the Confessor in Westminster Abbey.
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Sir Humphrey Stanley
Soldier
On the floor of the chapel of St Nicholas in Westminster Abbey is a brass to Sir Humphrey Stanley who died in 1505.
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James Johnston
Soldier
General James Johnston is buried in the centre part of the nave. Only a small stone now marks his grave, near that of Thomas Telford.
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Mary and Adria Lucy
Mary and Adria Lucy, wife and daughter respectively of Edward Lucy, are buried in the north aisle of the nave of Westminster Abbey.
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Charles Abbott
Soldier
Captain Charles Abbott was buried in the nave in August 1793. His original gravestone was taken up when the nave floor was re-laid in 1834.
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Wardour family
Anna Sophia Wardour and two sons are buried in the centre part of the nave. Their graves are now marked by small lozenge stones.
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John Milles
Soldier
John Milles was buried in the nave on 16th June 1815. His gravestone was taken up when the nave floor was re-laid in 1834.
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Catherine Hyde & Elizabeth Cotes
Catherine Hyde was buried in the nave on 28th February 1707. Elizabeth Cotes was her personal maid who was buried with her.
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Pyx Chamber
The Pyx Chamber is one of the oldest surviving parts of Westminster Abbey. This room in the east cloister is part of the Undercroft which was built about 1070.
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The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries re-open
Friday, 9th October 2020
Visitors will be welcomed back to The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries today, Monday 12th October, after seven months of closure due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Alexander Pope
Writer and Poet
A memorial to poet and critic Alexander Pope was inserted in the stained glass window in Poets' Corner and was unveiled on 7th June 1994.
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Wystan Hugh Auden
Writer and Poet
A memorial stone for W.H. Auden, poet and essayist, was unveiled in Poets' Corner Westminster Abbey on 2nd October 1974.
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George Herbert
Poet
In St George's chapel in Westminster Abbey is a two light stained glass window to the memory of poets George Herbert and William Cowper.
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George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans)
Writer and Novelist
On 21st June 1980 a memorial stone for George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans), novelist, was unveiled in Poets' Corner. The sculptor was John Skelton.
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Gerard Manley Hopkins
Poet and Priest/Minister
A memorial stone to Gerard Manley Hopkins, poet, was unveiled on 8th December 1975 in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey by the Duke of Norfolk.
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Philip Larkin
Writer, Poet and Novelist
A memorial stone for poet and writer Philip Arthur Larkin, C.H., C.B.E., was unveiled in Poets' Corner Westminster Abbey on 2nd December 2016.
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Lancelot Capability Brown
Gardener and Architect
A memorial fountain to Lancelot Capability Brown was unveiled in the cloisters of Westminster Abbey in 2018.