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• Sir Oliver Lambert & family

  d.1618 Politician

  Sir Oliver Lambert or Lambart, politician, was buried in Westminster Abbey but the register just gives the location as "in the monuments".

• Edward Vernon

  Politician and Sailor

  Edward Vernon has a marble memorial in the north transept, near the entry door. He was born in Westminster on 12th November 1684.

• Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

  Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother was married and crowned in the Abbey and had her funeral here in 2002.

• Sebert, King of the East Saxons & Ethelgoda

  Just inside the gates of the south ambulatory is an arched recess containing the supposed tomb of Sebert, King of the East Saxons.

• Thomas Richardson

  Lawyer

  Sir Thomas Richardson, judge and Speaker of the House of Commons, was buried in the south choir aisle of Westminster Abbey.

• Sir Thomas Vaughan

  Soldier and Diplomat

  The tomb of Sir Thomas Vaughan, died 1483, is in St John the Baptist's chapel. A Purbeck marble tomb chest stands in an arched canopy.

• Colin Campbell, Lord Clyde

  Soldier

  Colin Campbell, Lord Clyde, the famous soldier, is buried in the centre aisle of the nave of Westminster Abbey. His gravestone is of red marble.

• Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester

  The carved and painted shield of Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester, can be seen in the north choir aisle of Westminster Abbey.

• Lord Robens of Woldingham

  Politician and Philanthropist

  As a generous donor to the Westminster Abbey restoration appeal Lord Robens of Woldingham, politician and industrialist, has a small stained glass window.

• Alan Campbell Don

  Dean and Priest/Minister

  Alan Campbell Don K.C.V.O. was Dean of Westminster from 1946 to 1959 and his ashes are buried in the nave. He was born in Scotland.

• John Baker

  Sailor

  Vice-Admiral John Baker died on 10th November 1716 at Port Mahon in Minorca and his body was returned to Westminster Abbey for burial.

• Sir Frederick Haldimand

  Soldier and Statesman

  Sir Frederick Haldimand, Knight of the Bath, is not buried in Westminster Abbey but his stall plate can be seen in Henry VII's chapel.

• Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer

  Statesman

  A marble memorial to Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer, O.M., statesman, was unveiled in the south aisle of Henry VII's chapel in Westminster Abbey.

• Arthur Phillip

  Sailor and Spymaster

  A memorial stone to Admiral Arthur Phillip, founder of New South Wales in Australia, can be seen in the centre part of the nave.

• James Clerk Maxwell

  Scientist, Mathematician and Physicist

  In the nave is a memorial stone for James Clerk Maxwell, eminent physicist and mathematician. It is to the north of the grave of Newton.

• George Wade

  Soldier

  Field Marshal George Wade, famous for roads he built in Scotland, was buried in the centre aisle of the nave. His monument is by Roubiliac.

• William Tyndale

  A memorial tablet to William Tyndale, Bible translator, was unveiled in the south choir aisle in 1938, the gift of Sir Robert Rankin, M.P.

• Anthony Trollope

  Novelist

  A memorial stone to Anthony Trollope, novelist, was unveiled in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey by Prime Minister John Major on 25th March 1993.

• Thomas Stearns Eliot

  Writer and Poet

  On 4th January 1967 a memorial stone for the American-born poet T.S. Eliot was unveiled by his widow in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey.

• Charles Kingsley

  Writer, Poet and Priest/Minister

  A bust to writer and poet Charles Kingsley has been moved from St George's chapel to Poets' Corner. By T. Woolner.