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St Margaret’s holds a Service for the New Parliament
Tuesday, 23rd July 2024
The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend and Right Honourable Justin Welby, gave the Address at Service for the New Parliament at St Margaret's Church.
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St Margaret’s marks Traidcraft Justice Matters campaign
Thursday, 2nd July 2015
The Lord Mayor of Westminster, The Lady Flight, attended a Service for the Traidcraft Justice Matters campaign at St Margaret's Church, Westminster Abbey, at 6.00pm on Thursday 2nd July.
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The Passage Carol Service
Thursday, 11th December 2025
The Passage’s annual Carol Service will be held in St Margaret’s Church at 6:00pm on Friday 11th December.
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Rwandan Genocide Service in St Margarets
Wednesday, 7th April 2004
A Service of Commemoration was held on the Tenth Anniversary of the Rwandan Genocide on Wednesday 7th April 2004.
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George Green
Scientist, Mathematician and Physicist
A memorial for George Green, mathematician and physicist, was unveiled in the nave in July 1993, adjoining the graves of Isaac Newton and Lord Kelvin.
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George Sparrow
In St Margaret's is a memorial tablet to George Sparrow, Government agent, and members of his family. Unfortunately this is now hidden behind the organ.
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The Holy See invites Westminster Abbey choir to sing at St Peter’s in Rome
Monday, 5th March 2012
Westminster Abbey’s world-famous choir has been invited by the Holy See – through the Maestro of the Cappella Musicale Pontificia “Sistina” – to sing at St Peter’s in Rome.
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George Jay
Priest/Minister
The Reverend Dr George Jay, Dean Designate of Peterborough, was buried in the south transept of Westminster Abbey on 5th November 1661.
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George IV
George IV's coronation in the Abbey in 1821 was a pageant that cost £230,000. A crown containing over 12,000 diamonds was specially made.
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George V
King George V was crowned in Westminster Abbey on 22nd June 1911. He supported proposals for the burial of the Unknown Warrior in the Abbey.
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George Slemaker
George Slemaker, porter and bell ringer at Westminster Abbey, is buried in the south cloister with his wife Susanna.
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Westminster Abbey Choir to sing at St Peter's in Rome
Monday, 25th June 2012
Westminster Abbey’s world-famous choir arrives in Italy this week (Tuesday 26th June) for a tour of Rome and Montecassino which will include singing for Pope Benedict XVI, with the Cappella Musicale Pontificia ‘Sistina’, the Sistine Chapel Choir, at the Papal Mass marking the Solemnity of St Peter and St Paul (Friday 29th June) in St Peter’s Basilica.
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George Herbert
Poet
In St George's chapel in Westminster Abbey is a two light stained glass window to the memory of poets George Herbert and William Cowper.
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George Darell
Priest/Minister
The Reverend Dr George Darell, Canon of Westminster 1607-1631, is buried in the south aisle of the nave but has no monument or readable gravestone.
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George Preston
Priest/Minister
In the section of the cloister of Westminster Abbey called the Dark Cloister is a wall memorial to the Reverend George Preston.
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New memorial for Ignatius Sancho
Saturday, 14th October 2023
Charles Ignatius Sancho who escaped from a background of slavery and rose to distinction in Georgian London, will be honoured when a new memorial is dedicated in St Margaret’s Church.
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George Hickes
Writer and Priest/Minister
The Reverend Dr George Hickes, writer and linguist, was buried in St Margaret's church on 18th December 1715 but he has no monument or gravestone.
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George Howe
Soldier
In the north-west tower chapel in the nave is a memorial to George Augustus, 3rd Viscount Howe. He was commander of the Royal American regiment.
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John Howard, Earl of Stafford & family
In the chapel of St Edmund is a marble monument to John Paul Howard, 4th Earl of Stafford. The monument is by Robert Chambers.
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A podcast for the Feast of the Translation of St Edward
Tuesday, 13th October 2020
Simrin Rahman, a student at Harris Westminster Sixth Form, reads from St Matthew’s gospel for a special edition of Abbeycast released today for the Feast of the Translation of St Edward.
