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• The Wedding of William and Kate

  Relive the wedding day of Prince William and Kate Middleton, from the moment the guests arrive to the moment the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge appear on the balcony of Buckingham Palace.

  Royalty Prince William

• Sir Thomas Bromley

  Politician

  Sir Thomas Bromley died on 12th April 1587 and was buried in the chapel of St Paul in Westminster Abbey. He was born in 1530.

• William Hague gives One People Oration

  Friday, 24th October 2014

  Westminster Abbey Institute's autumn season, Going to War, began last night (Thursday 23rd October) with the annual One People Oration given by the Rt Hon William Hague MP, First Secretary of State and Leader of the House of Commons.

  William Hague One People Oration Westminster Abbey Institute

• William Roberts

  Sailor

  Captain William Roberts, Royal Navy, was buried in the south cloister of Westminster Abbey in 1812 but has no marker.

• Sir William Payne-Galwey

  Soldier

  Sir William Payne-Galwey is buried in a vault in St Margaret's church. He has no inscribed gravestone and unfortunately his wall tablet is now obscured.

• Joshua and William Price

  Artist

  Glass painters Joshua and his son William Price worked on two stained glass windows in Westminster Abbey.

• William and James Robertson

  Soldier

  Colonel William Robertson and James Robertson are buried in the south cloister of Westminster Abbey with members of their family.

• John Williams

  Dean and Philanthropist

  Dr John Williams was Dean of Westminster from 1620-1644. He has no monument in the Abbey and he is buried at Llandegai in his native Wales.

• William and Catherine Gladstone

  Statesman

  In 1903 a statue to William Gladstone, Prime Minister, was unveiled. A gravestone, to William and his wife Catherine, was put in after Catherine’s death.

• Zachary and William Pearce

  Dean and Priest/Minister

  In the south aisle of the nave is a memorial with bust to Zachary Pearce, Dean of Westminster. The monument was erected in about 1777.

• Owen and William Wynne

  Lawyer

  On the wall of the north cloister of Westminster Abbey is a marble tablet with a sculpted coat of arms to Owen Wynne.

• Charles Williams

  d.1720 Writer, Politician, Philanthropist and Statesman

  In the north choir aisle of Westminster Abbey is a cartouche near the grave of Charles Williams. Sir Charles Hanbury-Williams is also buried here.

• William Moore & William Morris

  Lawyer

  In the chapel of St John the Evangelist is the grave of William Moore and his daughter Anna Maria. The inscription has been re-cut.

• William Jennings

  Politician

• William Morgan

  In the north aisle of the nave is a marble monument to William Morgan and Thomas Mansell. The monument is possibly by sculptor William Stanton.

• William Ryley

  Historian

  William Ryley, archivist and herald, was buried in the east cloister of Westminster Abbey on 25th July 1667 but he had no monument or gravestone.

• William Burnaby

  Playwright

  In the centre part of the south transept is a gravestone to William Burnaby, dramatist. The Reform'd Wife was staged at Drury Lane in 1700.

• Ralph Vaughan Williams

  Musician and Composer

  The ashes of Ralph Vaughan Williams, eminent British composer, and his second wife Ursula are buried in the north choir aisle of Westminster Abbey.

• William Carey

  Priest/Minister

  On 11th October 1949 the Baptist Missionary Society gave a carved English walnut lectern to Westminster Abbey in memory of William Carey, missionary in India.

• 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.