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Sermon Given at Matins on the Third Sunday before Advent 2016
Sunday, 6th November 2016
Sermon given by The Reverend David Stanton, Canon in Residence.
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Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on Christmas Day 2017
Monday, 25th December 2017
Sermon given by The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster.
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Sermon at Evensong on the Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity 2018
Sunday, 7th October 2018
Sermon at Evensong on the Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity 2018: Beyond catastrophe On the Sunday before the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Randall Davidson.
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Sermon given at Evensong on the Last Sunday after Trinity 2022
Sunday, 23rd October 2022
Sermon given at Evensong on the Last Sunday after Trinity 2022: ‘Vanity of Vanities, says the Teacher; all is vanity.’ ‘Vanity of Vanities, says the Teacher; all is vanity’ Not exactly the most.
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Sermon preached at the Anzac Day Service 2024
Thursday, 25th April 2024
Our salvation is to remember and to hope.
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Edward VII
Albert Edward, eldest son of Queen Victoria, was born in 1841. His coronation, with his wife Alexandra of Denmark, was held on 9th August 1902.
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Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester
The grave of Thomas, Duke of Gloucester, in the chapel of St Edward the Confessor, was originally covered by a brass depicting images of himself.
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Sir Frederick Bridge
Musician and Composer
Sir John Frederick Bridge, organist of Westminster Abbey, has a memorial tablet on the wall of the west cloister of Westminster Abbey.
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Archibald and Mary MacGougan
Sailor
Archibald MacGougan was buried in the west cloister of Westminster Abbey on 2nd February 1814 aged 39. Mary was buried on 5th January 1814.
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Thomas Ruthall
Priest/Minister and Statesman
In the chapel of St John the Baptist at Westminster Abbey is a tomb, with a rather decayed effigy, to Thomas Ruthall, bishop of Durham.
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Thomas Campbell
Writer and Poet
Poet and writer Thomas Campbell is buried in Poets' Corner. He has a life sized marble statue near Shakespeare's memorial, by sculptor W. Calder Marshall.
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John Packer
Politician and Philanthropist
John Packer, politician and philanthropist, was buried in St Margaret's church Westminster on 15th February 1649 but he has no monument or inscribed gravestone.
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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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Erasmus Lewis
Politician
Erasmus Lewis, his wife and cousin are buried in the east cloister of Westminster Abbey but the inscription is now very faint.
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Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond
Philanthropist
Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby, was buried in the south aisle of Henry VII's chapel. She was the mother of Henry VII.
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Michael William Balfe
Musician and Composer
In the north choir aisle is a memorial to composer Michael William Balfe. This consists of an oval medallion with a profile bust.
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Gervase and Martha Price
Musician
Gervase Price, musician, and his wife Martha are buried in the north aisle of the nave, not far from the grave of Ben Jonson.
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HMS Barham
Sailor
At the nave altar are two standard and two altar candlesticks given in memory of those lost when the battleship HMS Barham was torpedoed during World War 2.
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George and Margaret Vertue
Artist and Historian
George Vertue, engraver, is buried in the north cloister. A tablet was erected for him and his wife Margaret, who’s buried in the same grave.
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Charles, Viscount Portal
Airman
Beneath the Battle of Britain memorial window in Westminster Abbey is the name of Charles Frederick, Viscount Portal of Hungerford, Air Chief Marshal.