Search this website
What are you looking for? Type something in the box and press Search.
405 results found, displaying page 11 of 21
-
John Sharole
Musician and Priest/Minister
John Sharole (or Du Charol) was a minor canon and is buried in the east cloister of Westminster Abbey. His grave inscription has worn away.
-
John Roberts
Politician
Above the tomb of Geoffrey Chaucer in Poets' Corner is a white marble monument to politician John Roberts. The memorial was erected in 1776.
-
John Rae
Writer and Broadcaster
The ashes of Dr John Rae, Head Master of Westminster School, were buried in the Dark Cloister, which leads to the schoolyard from the cloisters.
-
John Hutt
Sailor
In the nave is a joint memorial to Captain John Harvey and Captain John Hutt who were both mortally wounded in a naval victory.
-
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.
-
John Broughton
Soldier
John Broughton, champion boxer and later Yeoman of the Guard, was buried in the west cloister of Westminster Abbey in 1789.
-
John Bunyan
Writer and Priest/Minister
A memorial window to writer and preacher John Bunyan was unveiled in the west aisle of the north transept on 25th January 1912.
-
John Conduitt
Politician, Writer and Soldier
At the west end of the nave is a monument to John Conduitt, politician. He is buried near Newton.
-
John Rice
Musician
John Rice, sometime organist of Trinity Church, New York, USA, was buried with his father in the south cloister on 24 March 1808, aged 84.
-
John Darcy
Politician and Soldier
John Darcy died of quinsy on 6th and was buried on 11th January 1689 near one of the pews (so presumably in the Quire area).
-
John Ruskin
Writer
A memorial to author and critic John Ruskin was unveiled in Poets' Corner on 8th February 1902. The bronze roundel encloses a portrait.
-
John Henderson
Actor
John Henderson, actor, is buried at the foot of the grave of David Garrick in the south transept. The inscription has now worn away
-
John Earle
Dean
John Earle was Dean of Westminster from 1660-1662 but he has no monument in Westminster Abbey and he is buried at Merton College chapel, Oxford.
-
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.
-
John Broxholme
Politician
John Broxholme of Lincolnshire was a member of the Long Parliament and was buried on 5th March 1647 but nothing marks his grave.
-
John Battely
Lawyer
John Battely, Receiver General of Westminster Abbey, was buried in the south aisle of the nave but has no marker.
-
New memorial for Ignatius Sancho
Saturday, 14th October 2023
Charles Ignatius Sancho who escaped from a background of slavery and rose to distinction in Georgian London, will be honoured when a new memorial is dedicated in St Margaret’s Church.
-
John Stewart
Sailor
In the window splay of the north nave aisle in Westminster Abbey is a white marble monument to Captain John Stewart.
-
John Clare
Poet
Ted Hughes, Poet Laureate, unveiled a memorial to nature poet John Clare in Poets' Corner. This is an oval mural tablet of LePine limestone.
-
John Ireland
Dean and Priest/Minister
John Ireland was Dean of Westminster from 1816-1842 and is buried in the south transept in the grave of his lifelong friend William Gifford.