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  • Henry Brooker

    Henry Brooker, Library keeper and Receiver General of Westminster Abbey, was buried in the east cloister but no marker remains.

  • Henry Grove

    Soldier

    The Hon. Henry Grove, Lieutenant General, who fought in Flanders under the Duke of Marlborough, was buried in the east cloister on 26th November 1736.

  • Henry Wharton

    Historian and Priest/Minister

    At the west end of the south aisle of the nave is a marble cartouche for the Reverend Henry Wharton, historian, who is buried nearby.

  • Henry I

    Henry I’s coronation took place at Westminster Abbey on 5th August 1100. He married Princess Matilda of Scotland at Westminster Abbey on 11th November 1100.

  • Henry Abingdon

    Musician

    Henry Abingdon, Master of the Choristers of the Chapel Royal in the reign of Edward IV, was buried in St Margaret's Church Westminster in 1497.

  • Henry IV

    Henry was born in April 1366 and was crowned on 13th October 1399. He died in a room at Westminster Abbey called the Jerusalem Chamber.

  • Henry Ferne

    Priest/Minister

    Henry Ferne, bishop of Chester, is buried in St Edmund's chapel. His grave consists of a marble plinth inset with an engraved cartouche of arms.

  • Henry Ireton

    Soldier

    Henry Ireton, Parliamentary official and son in law of Oliver Cromwell, was buried in Henry VII's chapel in Westminster Abbey but later exhumed.

  • Henry Hope

    Soldier

    Brigadier General Henry Hope, Lieutenant Governor of Quebec in Canada, has a monument in the west aisle of the north transept of Westminster Abbey.

  • Conservationists’ discoveries

    Saturday, 14th April 2007

    Four conservation students, working at the Abbey during their Easter holidays, were thoroughly cleaning the tomb and grille of Henry VII and made some surprising discoveries.

    Henry VII conservation

  • Henry, Duke of Gloucester

    Henry, Duke of Gloucester, son of Charles I, was buried in the south aisle of Henry VII's chapel in Westminster Abbey on 21st September 1660.

  • Henry and John Lawes

    Musician and Composer

    Henry Lawes, the distinguished musician and songwriter, was buried somewhere in the cloisters. His brother John, a lay vicar of the Abbey, was buried previously.

  • Henry Temple, Viscount Palmerston

    Statesman

    Henry John Temple, Viscount Palmerston, Prime Minister, is buried with his wife in the north transept. There is an over life-size statue of him nearby.

  • Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley

    A kneeling figure of Lord Darnley can be seen on the monument of his mother Margaret Douglas, in the south aisle of Henry VII's chapel.

  • Henry Frederick, Duke of Cumberland

    Sailor

    Henry Frederick, Duke of Cumberland and Strathern and Earl of Dublin was buried in the Hanoverian vault below the central aisle of Henry VII's chapel.

  • Henry Francis Lyte

    Composer, Musician and Priest/Minister

    In the south choir aisle is a memorial to hymn writer Henry Francis Lyte. The alabaster tablet was unveiled on 16th November 1947.

  • Henry Francis Cary

    Writer

    Henry Francis Cary, translator of Dante's Divina Commedia into English is buried in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey, not far from Shakespeare's memorial.

  • Owen and Henry Chadwick

    Writer, Historian and Priest/Minister

    A memorial tablet to brothers Owen and Henry Chadwick was unveiled by Henry's widow on 1st February 2018 in the south quire aisle of Westminster Abbey.

  • Henry Purcell & family

    Musician and Composer

    On 26th November 1695 Purcell was buried in the north aisle of the choir. This was where the organ stood at this time.

  • Sir Henry (Brodribb) Irving

    Actor

    The ashes of Sir Henry Irving, actor, lie in Poets' Corner. John Henry Brodribb (1838-1905) assumed the surname of Irving by royal licence in 1889.

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