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  • 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.

  • David and George Gregorie

    Lawyer

    Brothers David and George Gregorie are buried in St Margaret's and both have memorial tablets on the north wall. They were sons of Charles Gregorie.

  • Eleanor Bowes

    Eleanor Verney, wife of George Bowes, was buried in the Duke of Ormond's vault in Westminster Abbey.

  • Charles I

    Charles I was the second son of James I and was born on 19th November 1600. He was crowned in Westminster Abbey in February 1626.

  • Marie of Savoy, Queen of France

    In 1810 Marie Josephine Louise de Savoy was buried in a vault in the Lady Chapel at Westminster Abbey. Her body was moved to Sardinia in 1811.

  • William Thompson Elliott

    Priest/Minister

    The Reverend William Thompson Elliott was a Canon of Westminster from 1938-1940 and his ashes are buried in the vault in the lower Islip chapel.

  • Lady Anne Bertie

    Lady Anne Bertie was buried in St Michael's chapel at Westminster Abbey on 22nd March 1661 but she has no marker or monument.

  • Walter Stuart, 6th Lord Blantyre

    Walter Stuart, 6th Lord Blantyre was buried in the Duke of Richmond's vault in Henry VII's chapel in Westminster Abbey on 24th July 1713.

  • Anna Hassall

    Anna Hassall was buried in a vault in the Islip chapel in Westminster Abbey on 26th November 1750, aged 37.

  • King and Queen of the Netherlands visit Abbey

    Tuesday, 23rd October 2018

    The King and Queen of the Netherlands visited Westminster Abbey on 23rd October as part of Their Majesties’ State Visit to Her Majesty The Queen.

    State Visit

  • Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales & family

    Frederick Louis (or Lewis), Prince of Wales,son of George II, is buried in the royal vault in the Lady Chapel at Westminster Abbey with his wife Augusta and several children

  • William, Earl Cadogan

    Soldier and Diplomat

    William, Earl of Cadogan, K.T. soldier and diplomat, was buried on 21st July 1726 aged 57 in the Duke of Ormond's vault at the east.

  • 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.

  • Algernon Coote, Earl of Mountrath

    In the chapel of St Michael in Westminster Abbey is a large marble monument to Algernon Coote, Earl of Mountrath and his wife Diana.

  • Charles Fitzroy, Duke of Cleveland

    Charles Fitzroy, Duke of Cleveland, Duke and Earl of Southampton, Earl of Chichester, Baron of Newbury and Nonsuch, Knight of the Garter, buried 1730.

  • George Fitzroy, Duke of Northumberland

    Soldier

    George Fitzroy, Earl and Duke of Northumberland, was buried in the vault of the Duke of Albemarle in the north aisle of Henry VII's chapel.

  • Westminster Abbey reveals Cromwell’s original grave

    Tuesday, 4th August 2009

    Visitors to Westminster Abbey until the end of August will be able to see the original grave of English Civil War revolutionary Oliver Cromwell for the first time in over 60 years.

    Oliver Cromwell

  • Richard Kane

    Soldier

    In the west aisle of the north transept is a memorial to military commander Richard Kane. It consists of a monument in marble.

  • 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.

  • Edward VI

    Edward succeeded his father when he was just 9 years old and was crowned in the Abbey on 20th February 1547. He died in 1553.

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