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Margaret Grant
In the east cloister of Westminster Abbey near the entrance to the Chapter House is the grave of Margaret Grant. The inscription has been re-cut.
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Randolph & Penelope Egerton & family
Soldier
Major General Randolph Egerton, his two wives, two sons and a daughter are buried in the north aisle of the nave of Westminster Abbey.
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William Tucker
Composer, Musician and Priest/Minister
William Tucker, priest and musician, was buried in the cloisters. He was an Abbey Minor Canon and Lay Vicar from 1661 until his death.
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John Bancroft
John Bancroft and wife Elizabeth are buried in the north cloister. He was a House of Lords doorkeeper and servant to the Duke of Marlborough.
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Mary Manningham
Mary Manningham was buried in the north transept of Westminster Abbey in 1751, with her daughter Elizabeth,
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John Battely
Lawyer
John Battely, Receiver General of Westminster Abbey, was buried in the south aisle of the nave but has no marker.
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George Montaigne (Mountain)
Dean and Priest/Minister
Dr George Mountaigne (or Mountain) was Dean of Westminster 1610-1617 but has no memorial at Westminster Abbey nor any portrait in the Deanery.
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John Blair
Priest/Minister
Reverend John Blair, author of the well known book The Chronology and History of the World, was buried near the door of the north transept.
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William Bedell
William Bedell was buried in the south transept of Westminster Abbey near Chaucer's tomb. His gravestone no longers exists.
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Sir John Golofre
Soldier
Sir John Golofre was buried by order of Richard II in the south ambulatory. His cracked gravestone, not far from the king's tomb, still exists.
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Harold Wilson
Politician and Statesman
A memorial for former Prime Minister Harold Wilson (Lord Wilson of Reivaulx) K.G., F.R.S. was dedicated at the west end of the nave in 2013.
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John Storr
Sailor
In the chapel of St John the Evangelist is a tablet and bust to Rear Admiral John Storr. He is buried in the north transept.
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James Nares
Musician and Composer
On the west wall of St Margaret's church Westminster is an oval tablet to musician and organist James Nares who was buried nearby.
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James Lupton
Priest/Minister
James Lupton, clergyman of Westminster Abbey, is buried in the west cloister of the Abbey. The stone was re-cut in 1958.
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Dylan Thomas
Poet
A memorial stone to Welsh poet Dylan Thomas was unveiled on 1st March 1982. It lies between memorials to Lord Byron and George Eliot.
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William Foxley Norris
Dean and Priest/Minister
The ashes of the Very Reverend William Foxley Norris K.C.V.O., Dean of Westminster 1925-1937, are buried in the nave of the Abbey.
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Robert Waldeby
Priest/Minister and Physician
The tomb of Robert de Waldeby is in St Edmund's chapel. The brass was raised up on a low dais in the late 19th century.
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John and Eleanor Elliott
Philanthropist
In St Margaret's church is an area known as the Chapel of Christ the Intercessor, set up in 1981 by John and Eleanor Elliott.
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Gordon Roland-Adams
Musician
The ashes of Leslie Gordon Roland-Adams, Head Master of Westminster Abbey Choir School, 1988 to 1997, were buried in the vault of the Islip chapel.
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Adam Lindsay Gordon
Poet
A memorial bust of the "poet of Australia", Adam Lindsay Gordon, was unveiled on 11th May 1934 in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey.