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• Her Majesty The Queen opens the 2025 Field of Remembrance

  Thursday, 6th November 2025

  Her Majesty The Queen opened the 97th Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 6th November 2025.

• President George W. Bush and First Lady visit Abbey

  Thursday, 20th November 2003

  The Dean of Westminster, The Very Reverend Dr Wesley Carr welcomed President Bush and Mrs George W Bush to Westminster Abbey today and invited him to lay a wreath on the Grave of the Unknown Warrior.

  State Visit President of the United States George W. Bush Laura Bush

• New Year's Honours

  Tuesday, 4th January 2011

  Peter Bottomley MP, the Parliamentary Warden of St Margaret’s Church, Westminster Abbey, was knighted in the New Year’s Honours List.

  St Margaret's Church

• A Service of Thanksgiving for the life of The Lord King of Wartnaby

  Thursday, 26th October 2006

  The Rector of St Margaret's Church, Canon Robert Wright, officiated and gave the Bidding and the Blessing.

  Lord King of Wartnaby

• Conservators focus on St Catherine’s Chapel Garden

  Saturday, 19th May 2007

  Abbey conservators are examining the best way of cleaning the remains of the stonework of the 12th century Chapel of St. Catherine.

  St Catherines Chapel Garden conservation

• A celebration of Orlando Gibbons: 400th anniversary concert

  Wednesday, 24th September 2025

  400 years after his death, The St Margaret's Consort celebrates one of the most melodious and inventive of Tudor composers, Orlando Gibbons.

  Music

• George and Margaret Stradling

  George Stradling and his wife Margaret are buried in the north aisle of the nave of Westminster Abbey but only Margaret's small stone is visible.

• David and George Gregorie

  Lawyer

  Brothers David and George Gregorie are buried in St Margaret's and both have memorial tablets on the north wall. They were sons of Charles Gregorie.

• Edward and George Morris

  Writer, Politician, Physician, Doctor and Lawyer

  Edward Morris, lawyer and Member of Parliament, and his brother George Paulet Morris, physician, are buried in St Margaret's. Their memorial tablet is now invisible.

• Order of the Bath service 2025

  Friday, 16th May 2025

  The Service and Ceremony of the Installation of Knights and Dames Grand Cross of the Order will be held at Westminster Abbey on Friday 16th May 2025.

  Order of the Bath Special Service

• Sir George and Stanhope Bartley

  Politician and Soldier

  In the north porch of St Margaret's church Westminster is a window to Sir George Bartley, politician. Also a brass to his son who died in the Great War.

• Employment opportunities

  Have a look at the job opportunities below. If you think there’s one that’s right for you, go ahead and apply.

• George Frederic Handel

  Musician and Composer

  George Frederic Handel, famous composer, is buried in the south transept. He wrote four anthems for the coronation of George II including 'Zadok the Priest'.

• George & Ferdinando Hastings

  In the north transept, in front of Admiral Warren's monument, is the grave of two children George and Fernando Hastings. Both died of smallpox.

• George W. Childs

  Philanthropist

  George William Childs of Philadelphia USA donated a stained glass window to religious poets George Herbert and William Cowper in St George's chapel.

• Events at Westminster Abbey

  Special services, concerts, lectures, events for families – it's worth a trip to London. Most of our events are free and open to anyone.

• George Lemitare (Lemetayer)

  Lawyer

  George Lemitare (name also written as Lemetayer, Limeter or Lymitter) was buried in the south ambulatory on 14th January 1626 but nothing marks his grave.

• George II and Caroline

  George II and Queen Caroline were crowned in the Abbey on 11th October 1727. They are buried next to each other in the Lady Chapel.

• Sir George Ayscue (Askew)

  Sailor

  Admiral Sir George Ayscue (or Askew) was buried in the chancel of St Margaret's church Westminster, but he has no memorial or marker.

• Sir George Pocock

  Sailor

  Admiral Sir George Pocock has a white marble memorial in St John the Evangelist's chapel in Westminster Abbey. It shows a seated figure of Britannia.