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• Sir Roger Bannister honoured with new memorial stone

  Tuesday, 28th September 2021

  A memorial stone to Sir Roger Bannister CH CBE was dedicated in Westminster Abbey on Tuesday 28th September 2021.

  Memorial dedication Special Service

• New Receiver General for the Abbey

  Thursday, 28th August 2008

  Sir Stephen Lamport, KCVO DL, former Private Secretary to HRH The Prince of Wales, has joined Westminster Abbey as Receiver General.

  Sir Stephen Lamport

• Sir George Leonard Staunton

  Physician and Diplomat

  George Leonard Staunton, physician and diplomat, was buried in the north aisle and has a memorial in the window splay of the north choir aisle.

• Westminster Abbey to honour the life of Sir Stirling Moss

  Thursday, 21st March 2024

  A Service of Thanksgiving for the life and work of Sir Stirling Moss will be held at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 8th May 2024 at 11.00 am.

• Sailors pay tribute to great admiral

  Tuesday, 16th October 2007

  Sailors marked the 300th anniversary of the death of the Royal Navy hero Sir Cloudesley Shovell with a wreathlaying ceremony conducted by Canon Nicholas Sagovsky at Admiral Shovell’s grave in the Abbey’s south choir aisle this week.

  Sir Cloudesley Shovell Wreathlaying

• Sir Richard Price

  Sir Richard Price or Pryse was buried in St Paul's chapel but nothing marks his grave. He was the eldest son of Sir John Pryse.

• Sir Edward Sutton

  Sir Edward Sutton was buried in Westminster Abbey on 1st August 1695 but the exact location is not known and he has no monument.

• Sir James Stumpe

  Politician

  Sir James Stumpe, M.P. was buried in St Margaret's church Westminster in 1563 but he has no memorial.

• An Evening with Sir Max Hastings: Commemoration and Remembrance

  Tuesday, 3rd June 2025

  Renowned historian Max Hastings draws on his years of writing about the history of war to make the case for why we should remember.

  Events Beyond Victory

• Abbey Celebrates the Life of Sir Terry Wogan

  Tuesday, 27th September 2016

  A Service of Thanksgiving for the Life and Work of Sir Terry Wogan KBE DL was held at Westminster Abbey at Noon on Tuesday 27th September 2016.

  Choir Music Terry Wogan Chris Evans Ken Bruce Peter Gabriel Joanna Lumley Katie Melua

• Sir Leopold McClintock

  Explorer

  A memorial to Arctic explorer Admiral Sir Leopold McClintock was unveiled in 1908 in the chapel of St John the Evangelist in Westminster Abbey.

• 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.

• Sir Thomas Nevill

  In the north transept of Westminster Abbey are the graves of Sir Thomas Nevill and his wife Sarah, and their daughter Anne Elford.

• Sir Herbert Price

  Politician and Soldier

  Sir Herbert Price, Member of Parliament for Brecon in Wales, was buried on 3rd February 1678 but the location is not given in the register.

• Sir Thomas Langton

  Politician

  Sir Thomas Langton, MP, was buried in St Margaret's Church Westminster in 1605 but he has no monument or marker.

• Sir Peter Walters

  Philanthropist

  Sir Peter Walters has his coat of arms in the west window of the Lady Chapel. This was unveiled by The Queen in 1995.

• Sir Gilbert Lort

  Sir Gilbert Lort and his sister Dame Elizabeth Campbell are buried in the north transept of Westminster Abbey.

• Sir Bernard Brocas

  Soldier

  In the chapel of St Edmund is the tomb of Sir Bernard Brocas (1330?-1395). Brocas was a favourite knight of Edward the "Black Prince".

• Sir James Leith

  Soldier

  Sir James Leith, army officer, is buried in the centre part of the nave. He died of yellow fever in Barbados on 16th October 1816.

• Sir James Berners

  Politician

  Sir James Berners, Knight of the Chamber to Richard II, was buried in St John the Baptist's chapel. No inscription or monument was recorded.