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Abbey welcomes Pope Tawadros
Thursday, 11th May 2017
His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, Bishop of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark, was joined by the Most Reverend and Right Honourable Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, and other representatives of the Church of England, at Evensong at Westminster Abbey on Friday 12th May 2017.
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Free Sunday organ recitals resume
Thursday, 3rd September 2020
Regular Sunday organ recitals begin again at the Abbey this week after a five-month break due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Coronation Chair prepared for historic role
Wednesday, 1st March 2023
Coronation Chair prepared for historic role: The Coronation Chair, one of the most precious and famous pieces of furniture in the world, which has been the centrepiece of coronations for over 700.
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Queen Alexandra, wife of Edward VII
Queen Alexandra was born in 1844, the daughter of King Christian IX of Denmark. With her husband Edward VII, she was crowned in 1902.
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George I
George I was crowned at Westminster Abbey on 20th October 1714. He could not speak much English and the ceremonies were mostly conducted in Latin.
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Henry I
Henry I’s coronation took place at Westminster Abbey on 5th August 1100. He married Princess Matilda of Scotland at Westminster Abbey on 11th November 1100.
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Edmund of Langley, Duke of York
A gilt bronze statuette of Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, can be seen on the tomb of his father King Edward III.
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Louis Bennett & Royal Flying Corps
Airman
In 1922 a stained glass window was unveiled in Westminster Abbey to members of the Royal Flying Corps 1914-1918 given by Mrs Louis Bennett.
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William Booth
Priest/Minister and Philanthropist
On 2nd July 1965 a memorial bust was unveiled in St George's chapel in Westminster Abbey to William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army.
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John Windebank
Physician
John Windebank, physician, was buried in the middle part of the south cloister in 1704. But he never seems to have had an inscribed gravestone.
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Richard Cox
Dean and Priest/Minister
Richard Cox, D.D. was Dean of Westminster from 1549-1553 but he has no memorial at the Abbey and is buried at Ely Cathedral.
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Sir Richard Corbet
In St Margaret's Church Westminster, at the west end of the north aisle, is a monument to Sir Richard Corbet, 2nd Baronet of Leighton.
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Richard Steward
Dean and Priest/Minister
Richard Steward was nominated Dean of Westminster but he followed the future Charles II into exile during the English Civil War so was never installed.
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Lady Essex Robartes
Lady Essex Robartes was buried in the chapel of St John the Evangelist on 14th January 1727 but she has no monument or gravestone.
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Ernest Rutherford
Scientist and Physicist
The ashes of the physicist Ernest, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson were interred in the nave, near to the graves of Newton and Lord Kelvin.
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Robert Cannon
Priest/Minister
A memorial tablet to Robert Cannon, Dean of Lincoln, is in the nave of Westminster Abbey but his grave is in the south transept.
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John Leake
Writer and Physician
Dr John Leake, man-midwife, was buried in the north cloister on 16th August 1792 aged 65. He has no monument or inscribed gravestone.
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Michael and John Evans
Priest/Minister
The Reverend Michael Evans was a Canon and Sub Dean of Westminster from 1702-1732 and was buried in the nave in August 1732.
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Thomas Thirlby
Priest/Minister
Thomas Thirlby (c.1500-1570) was consecrated the first and only Bishop of the new short-lived diocese of Westminster in December 1540.
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John Carey, Earl of Dover
Soldier
John Carey, 2nd Earl of Dover, Viscount Rochford and Baron Hunsdon, was buried in the Carey family vault in St John the Baptist's chapel.