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  • Dame Mary Bond

    Dame Mary Bond was buried on 11th August 1696 in the chapel of St Edmund in Westminster Abbey but she has no gravestone or monument.

  • Ezekiel Spanheim

    Statesman

    Ezekiel, Baron Spanheim was buried in St Paul's chapel. He was Ambassador Extraordinary from the King of Prussia to the Queen of Great Britain.

  • Robert Waldeby

    Priest/Minister and Physician

    The tomb of Robert de Waldeby is in St Edmund's chapel. The brass was raised up on a low dais in the late 19th century.

  • Charles Whitworth, Baron of Galway

    Charles Whitworth, Baron of Galway, diplomat, died on 23rd October and was buried on 6th November 1725 in the south choir aisle of Westminster Abbey.

  • Lord Carrington remembered at Westminster Abbey service

    The Duke of Kent represented The Queen at a Service of Thanksgiving for the Life and Work of Lord Carrington at Westminster Abbey today.

  • 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.

  • Louis IX, King of France

    In the north choir aisle of Westminster Abbey is a carved shield with the coat of arms of St Louis (Louis IX), King of France (1214-1270).

  • Jane, Countess of Lincoln

    Jane, Countess of Lincoln was buried on 1st September 1688 but the location of her grave is unknown and she has no monument or marker.

  • Didachus Sanchez

    In the north transept of Westminster Abbey is a worn grey marble stone, now without inscription, which covers the remains of Spanish soldier Didachus Sanchez.

  • Tervezze meg látogatását

    Azt szeretnénk, hogy az apátság meglátogatása biztonságos és élvezetes legyen, ezért hasznos tippeket kínálunk, hogy megtervezhesse látogatását.

  • Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visit Abbey vaccine clinic

    Tuesday, 23rd March 2021

    Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have today visited the NHS Covid-19 vaccination clinic in Westminster Abbey.

  • George Savile, Marquess of Halifax

    George Savile, Marquess of Halifax is buried in the north aisle of Henry VII's chapel in the vault first used by General George Monck.

  • A Service to Dedicate a Memorial to the Founders of the Royal Ballet

    Tuesday, 17th November 2009

    A Service to Dedicate a Memorial to the Founders of the Royal Ballet was held at Westminster Abbey at 12 noon on Tuesday 17th November 2009.

    Memorial dedication Royal Ballet

  • 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.

  • Sir Robert Anstruther

    Diplomat

    Sir Robert Anstruther, diplomat and politician, was buried in the south ambulatory on 9th January 1645. The gravestone was laid in the late 19th century.

  • Sir Hugh Pollard

    Politician and Soldier

    Politician and Royalist army officer Sir Hugh Pollard, 2nd Baronet of King's Nympton, Devon, died on 27th November 1666 and was buried in Westminster Abbey.

  • Anne Stanley, Countess of Ancrum

    Lady Anne Stanley, Countess of Ancrum was buried in the chapel of St Nicholas on 15th February 1657 but she has no gravestone remaining.

  • Maud Holland, Countess of St Pol

    Maud Holland, Countess of St Pol was apparently buried in Westminster Abbey but the location of her grave is unknown.

  • John Churchill

    Carpenter

    On a pillar in St Margaret's church is a marble cartouche for master carpenter John Churchill. He served the King and later Queen Anne.

  • Sarah English

    On the north west pillar in St Margaret's church Westminster is a cartouche to Sarah English. This has been attributed to sculptor Robert Hartshorne (II).

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