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Samuel Horsley
Dean
Samuel Horsley was Dean of Westminster from 1793-1802 but he has no memorial in the Abbey. His portrait hangs in the Deanery.
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Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Annunciation of Our Lord 2024
Monday, 8th April 2024
If we can but bear it, we will see that all around are the fields of paradise.
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William and Aymer de Valence
Soldier and Philanthropist
William de Valence, Lord of Pembroke and Wexford, has a tomb in St Edmund's chapel. Aymer de Valence has a tomb beside the High Altar.
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Arthur & Augusta Stanley
Writer, Dean, Historian and Priest/Minister
In Henry VII’s chapel is the grave and monument of Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, Dean of Westminster, and the grave of his wife Lady Augusta.
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Carteret family
In the north aisle of the nave of Westminster Abbey are monuments to Dame Elizabeth Carteret, Edward and Philip Carteret.
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George II and Caroline
George II and Queen Caroline were crowned in the Abbey on 11th October 1727. They are buried next to each other in the Lady Chapel.
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Sir Thomas Robinson & Lady Lechmere
Architect
In the south transept is a memorial to Sir Thomas Robinson, architect, and his wife Elizabeth, Lady Lechmere. The monument incorporates two busts.
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Nicholas Hawksmoor
Architect
Nicholas Hawksmoor, architect, was the Abbey’s Surveyor of the Fabric from 1723 but he is not buried here nor does he have any memorial tablet.
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Frances Teresa Stuart, Duchess of Richmond
A wax effigy of Frances Teresa (Stuart), Duchess of Richmond and Lennox, with her pet parrot, can be seen in the triforium galleries at Westminster Abbey.
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John Philips
Poet
Poet John Philips is commemorated in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey. His standing monument of white marble is next to that of Geoffrey Chaucer.
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Simon & Thomas Langham
Abbot and Priest/Minister
In the chapel of St Benedict in Westminster Abbey is the tomb of Simon Langham, the only Abbot of Westminster to become a Cardinal.
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Warren Hastings
Statesman and Diplomat
Warren Hastings, Governor General of Bengal, has a memorial monument with a bust in the west aisle of the north transept of Westminster Abbey.
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John and Elizabeth Warren
Priest/Minister and Philanthropist
John Warren, bishop of Bangor, and his wife Elizabeth, philanthropist, are buried in the north transept. Both have monuments in the west aisle.
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Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Fifth Sunday before Lent 2019
Sunday, 3rd February 2019
Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Fifth Sunday before Lent 2019: In God’s house, it’s old and young together, needing each other, valuing and validating each other. This morning in Luke’s.
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Henry, Lord Norris
Soldier and Statesman
In the chapel of St Andrew, is a very large monument to the memory of Henry Norris (or Norreys), 1st Baron Norris of Rycote and his wife.
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Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Third Sunday of Epiphany 2018
Sunday, 21st January 2018
Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Third Sunday of Epiphany 2018: Are we willing to get involved and share in the abundance, so be part of the ordinary becoming extraordinary? Today.
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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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Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on All Saints' Day 2021
Monday, 1st November 2021
Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on All Saints' Day 2021: Jesus wept. It is the shortest sentence in the Bible. Possibly one of the most eloquent. I wonder if you can.
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Sermon given at Midnight Mass at Christmas 2018
Monday, 24th December 2018
‘When the angels had left them, the shepherds said one to another, “Let us now go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has taken place, which the Lord has made known to us.”’
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Oliver Cromwell and Family
Soldier and Politician
Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector, was buried in Westminster Abbey following his death in 1658. However, he was exhumed after the Restoration.