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• Samuel and William Bradford

  Dean and Priest/Minister

  Bishop Samuel Bradford was buried in the north transept of Westminster Abbey on 22nd May 1731. He was Dean of Westminster and Bishop of Rochester.

• Elizabeth Gaskell

  Writer and Novelist

  In 2010 a memorial to Elizabeth Gaskell, novelist and biographer, was dedicated in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey. It consists of a window panel.

• Elizabeth Cecil

  There are four Elizabeth Cecils buried here - Baroness Ros, the Countess of Berkshire, the Countess of Devonshire and the wife of Sir Robert Cecil.

• 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.

• Elizabeth Herrick

  In St Margaret's is a modern painted wooden tablet to Elizabeth Herrick, which replaced one which had disappeared from the church in the 18th century.

• William & Henry Bentinck

  Several members of the Bentinck family are buried in the Ormond vault at the eastern end of Henry VII's chapel in Westminster Abbey.

• William & Alexander Buchan

  Physician and Doctor

  Dr William Buchan is buried in the west cloister with his son Alexander. There is a marble tablet with a relief portrait on the wall.

• Elizabeth Elstob

  writer

  Elizabeth Elstob, Anglo Saxon scholar and governess, was buried at St Margaret's Church in 1756 but has no marker.

• Elizabeth Woodville

  Elizabeth Woodville is buried with her husband King Edward IV at St George's chapel, Windsor, but she took Sanctuary at Westminster Abbey on two occasions.

• William Dudley (Sutton)

  Priest/Minister

  In the chapel of St Nicholas is the tomb of William Dudley, Bishop of Durham. The Purbeck marble altar tomb has lost the brass effigy.

• Dr William Turner

  Musician and Composer

  Dr William Turner, singer and composer, was buried with his wife in the west cloister. For the coronation of James II he wrote two anthems.

• Sir William Dodson

  Sir William Dodson was buried in the south aisle of the nave. He was a woollen draper of St Paul's churchyard and Alderman of London.

• Prince William of Wales & Catherine

  Prince William is the eldest son of Charles, Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales. He married Catherine Middleton at Westminster Abbey in 2011.

• Elizabeth II

  Queen Elizabeth II's coronation was held at Westminster Abbey on 2nd June 1953. Her wedding to Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, took place in 1947. Her funeral was held on 19th September 2022.

• William Whitfield Dakins

  Priest/Minister

  William Whitfield Dakins, minor canon of Westminster, is buried in the south cloister. The inscription was re-cut in 1950 but is now rather worn.

• William Edward Forster

  Politician

  On the wall of the north choir aisle is a white marble tablet, with a portrait relief, in memory of politician William Edward Forster.

• William Wilberforce & family

  Priest/Minister, Statesman and Abolitionist

  William Wilberforce, MP, who took up the cause for the abolition of slavery was buried in the north transept. Samuel was Dean of Westminster and Basil was Archdeacon.

• 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.

• William & Margaret Cavendish

  Writer, Soldier and Poet

  In the north transept is a monument by Grinling Gibbons to William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle and his wife Margaret, who were both writers.

• Sir William McKie

  Musician and Composer

  The ashes of Sir William McKie, organist of the Abbey, and his wife Phyllis are buried in the west cloister of Westminster Abbey.