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• Prince Harry Attends ANZAC Day Service

  HRH Prince Henry of Wales attended a Service of Commemoration and Thanksgiving to mark ANZAC Day at Westminster Abbey at Noon on Monday 25th April 2016. The National Anthem was sung.

  ...Rereahu, Herewaka Marjoribanks, Jasmine Findlater, Harry Alexander, Sophie Edwards, James Noordewier, Poppy Melville and the Reverend Jane Sinclair, Canon in

• New Lord Mayor welcomed by Abbey

  Monday, 3rd July 2017

  Westminster Abbey welcomes new Lord Mayor: Matins, attended in Civic State by the Lord Mayor of Westminster, Councillor Ian Adams, and Councillors of the City of Westminster, was held at Westminster Abbey.

  ...Sacrist, and said by Victoria Tate, Douglas Traill-Stevenson, Michelle Curran, Deborah Griffies, Andrew Käser, and the Reverend Jane Sinclair, Canon in

  Civic Service

• HM The Queen attends Service for Lord Snowdon

  Thursday, 6th April 2017

  Her Majesty The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh attended a Service of Thanksgiving for the Life and Work of the Rt Hon The 1st Earl of Snowdon GCVO in St Margaret's Church on Friday 7th April. They were accompanied by the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke of York, the Earl of Wessex, the Duke of Gloucester and the Duke of Kent.

  service was conducted by the Reverend Jane Sinclair, Canon of Westminster and Rector of St Margaret's Church, who said in the Bidding: We give thanks today for...

  Royal Visit Special Service HM The Queen HRH The Duke of Edinburgh HRH The Duke of Cambridge HRH The Duke of Gloucester HRH The Earl of Wessex HRH The Duke of Kent Lord Snowdon

• St Margaret’s holds Service for the New Parliament

  Wednesday, 28th June 2017

  The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend and Right Honourable Justin Welby, Primate of All England and Metropolitan, gave the Address at Service for a New Parliament at St Margaret's Church, Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 28th June 2017.

  ...attended by MPs, peers and parliamentary staff, was conducted by the Reverend Jane Sinclair, Canon of Westminster and Rector of St Margaret’s, and the Reverend...

  Service for the New Parliament

• Prince Harry opens Field of Remembrance

  His Royal Highness Prince Henry of Wales opened the Royal British Legion's 89th Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 9th November 2017.

  ...Prince Harry was welcomed to St Margaret's Church by the Rector, the Reverend Jane Sinclair, and the Dean, who invited him to sign the Distinguished Visitors'

• Abbey Marks Centenary of Police Women

  A service of thanksgiving to mark the centenary of police women in the Metropolitan Police Service was held at Westminster Abbey on 17th May 2019.

  ...Clarke, Archivist, Metropolitan Women’s Police Association; Police Sergeant Stevie Bull; Inspector Lisa Hudson; and the Reverend Jane Sinclair, Canon in

• Benefact Group celebrates support for good causes

  HRH The Prince of Wales attended a Service of Thanksgiving to mark over £100 million raised for good causes by the Benefact family in Westminster.

• James Rennell

  Engineer and Writer

  James Rennell, cartographer, is buried in the centre of the nave. His grave is now unmarked but just had his name, death date and age.

  In Calcutta in 1772 he married Jane Thackeray, daughter of the Head Master of Harrow School, and they settled in Dacca.

• John Packer

  Politician and Philanthropist

  John Packer, politician and philanthropist, was buried in St Margaret's church Westminster on 15th February 1649 but he has no monument or inscribed gravestone.

  John was baptised in Westminster Abbey on 13th May 1626 and married Jane Fettiplace.

• James Henry Monk

  Priest/Minister

  James Henry Monk, bishop and classical scholar, is buried in the north choir aisle. The brass over his grave is set in black Galway marble.

  By his wife Jane Smart (nee Hughes) he had a son Charles James who became a Member of Parliament, and three daughters Mary, Jane and Penelope.

• Alfred Hipkins

  Writer and Musician

  In St Margaret's Church Westminster on the north wall is a brass memorial tablet to Alfred Hipkins, pianist and writer on musical instruments.

  ...only son of James Hipkins (1800-1882), cabinet and piano maker, and his wife Jane (Grant) and worked all his life at the John Broadwood piano factory in

• Sir William Waller

  Politician and Soldier

  Sir William Waller, Parliamentary General, died on 19th September 1668 at Osterley House and was buried in an overflow burial ground for St Margaret's Church.

  In 1622 he was knighted and in this year married Jane Reynell of Forde House in Devon.

• Charles Agar, Earl of Normanton

  Priest/Minister and Philanthropist

  Charles Agar, Earl of Normanton and his wife Jane are buried in the north transept. A monument to him was erected in the north choir.

  Charles Agar, Earl of Normanton, and his wife Jane are buried in the north transept of Westminster Abbey.

• Crewe Family

  In the north ambulatory is a tablet to Juliana Crewe. On the other side is a marble mural monument to Lady Jane Crewe.

  Crewe On the other side of the entrance to this chapel is a marble mural monument, attributed to the sculptor Epiphanius Evesham, to Lady Jane Crewe, wife of...

• James and John Fleming

  Soldier

  Major General James Fleming is buried in the central aisle of the nave, with a large monument nearby. His nephew Sir John Fleming is also buried in the nave.

  He was created a baronet in 1763 and his wife was Jane, daughter of William Coleman of Devon, whom he married in 1753.

• Abbey welcomes The Children’s Society to annual Christingle service

  The Dean and Chapter of Westminster warmly welcomed The Children’s Society to its annual Christingle service on Wednesday 28th November.

• Paul Baumann installed as Receiver General

  Paul Baumann CBE was installed as the Receiver General and Chapter Clerk of Westminster Abbey during Evensong on Saturday 12th January 2019.

• Richard Steward

  Dean and Priest/Minister

  Richard Steward was nominated Dean of Westminster but he followed the future Charles II into exile during the English Civil War so was never installed.

  His wife was Jane, daughter of Sir William Button, and they had two sons - Charles died in 1698.

• Thomas Seymour

  At the south east end of St Margaret's is a large marble monument, possibly by sculptor Epiphanius Evesham, to Thomas Seymour and his wife Isabel.

  His mother was Lady Katherine Grey, sister of Lady Jane Grey.

• Sir John Ogle & son

  Soldier

  Lt. Colonel Sir John Ogle was buried in the Abbey on 17th March 1640. He was the fifth son of Thomas and his wife Jane.

  He was the fifth son of Thomas Ogle (d.1574) and his wife Jane (Welby) and was baptised at Pinchbeck in Lincolnshire in February 1569.