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• Charles St Clare Bedford

  Charles St Clare Bedford, Chapter Clerk at Westminster Abbey 1854-1900 and Coroner for the City of Westminster 1845-1888, is buried in the north cloister.

  Their child Emma was baptised in the Abbey in 1866.

• Samuel Horsley

  Dean

  Samuel Horsley was Dean of Westminster from 1793-1802 but he has no memorial in the Abbey. His portrait hangs in the Deanery.

  The Reverend Heneage Horsley (who married Frances Bourke) was his child by Mary.

• Richard Cobden

  Statesman

  Cobden, statesman and champion of free trade, has a memorial in the west aisle of the north transept. Dickens signed the petition for erecting it.

  He was born in Sussex, a child of William Cobden and his wife Millicent (Amber).

• Elizabeth, Countess of Desmond

  Elizabeth Butler, Countess of Desmond was buried in St Paul's chapel in Westminster Abbey in 1629 but she has no marker. Her father's first wife Elizabeth Berkeley is also buried in this chapel.

  was the only surviving child of Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormond and 3rd Earl of Ossory by his second wife Elizabeth (daughter of John 2nd Lord Sheffield).

• Thomas Gassaway

  Thomas Gassaway was a carpenter in Westminster and was buried in St Margaret's church on 19th November 1658. He has no remaining gravestone or monument.

  children were baptised in the church: Nicholas 1634 (who emigrated to Maryland USA and had a family there), Jane 1636, Anne 1639 (who may be the child who...

• 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.

  Anne was their only child and her husband Jonathan (1684-1755) was Member of Parliament for Saltash and was buried in Devon.

• John and Eleanor Elliott

  Philanthropist

  In St Margaret's church is an area known as the Chapel of Christ the Intercessor, set up in 1981 by John and Eleanor Elliott.

  John (Jock) Elliott was born in Manhattan on 25th January 1921, a child of John and Audrey Elliott and died in 2005.

• Adam Lindsay Gordon

  Poet

  A memorial bust of the "poet of Australia", Adam Lindsay Gordon, was unveiled on 11th May 1934 in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey.

  In 1862 he married Margaret Park (d.1919) but their only child Annie died in infancy.

• Elizabeth Woodfall

  Elizabeth, daughter of printer Henry Sampson Woodfall, was buried in the west cloister of Westminster Abbey. Her tablet no longer remains.

  She was the youngest child of the celebrated printer of "Junius" Henry Sampson Woodfall (1739-1805) and his wife Elizabeth.

• Matthew Cotton

  Matthew Cotton and his son Matthew were buried in the Dark Cloister area of Westminster Abbey. They were almsmen of the Abbey.

  child with this name was baptised in St Margaret's Westminster on 3rd July 1692, son of Matthew and his wife Sarah, so this may be the same man although his age...

• Abbey mourns The Duchess of Kent

  Friday, 5th September 2025

  Prayers are being said in Westminster Abbey for The Duchess of Kent and for her family, following her death at the age of 92.

  In 2004 she founded a charity, Future Talent, aiming to give every child an equal opportunity to excel in music.

• The Prince of Wales attends service for Lady Mary Soames

  Their Royal Highnesses The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall attended a Service of Thanksgiving for the Life of The Lady Soames LG DBE at Westminster on Thursday 20th November 2014 at Noon.

  Clementine Fraser, granddaughter, read from A Daughter's Tale: The Memoir of Winston Churchill's Youngest Child and Sir Richard Eyre CBE read from Racing Demon.

• Abbey finds rare 17th century manuscript in tin trunk

  The manuscript, thought to date from 1603-1604, is a copy of Donne’s The Courtier’s Library, a satirical attack on corruptions in the church and establishment: rather like a 17th century version of Private Eye.

  Donne went onto have a happily married life with Anne though he was bereft when she died in 1617 after the stillbirth of their twelfth child.

• Metropolitan Police Service holds Abbey carol service

  Thursday, 20th December 2018

  Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester attended the Metropolitan Police Carol Service at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 19th December 2018.

  ...sick, the anxious, the lonely, the fearful, and the bereaved; that the peace and light of the Christ-child may bring hope and healing to all who sit in

  Metropolitan Police Carol Service Special Service HRH The Duke of Gloucester HRH The Duchess of Gloucester Royal Visit

• Summer: Wednesday Abbey Lates

  Wednesday, 2nd July 2025

  Enjoy a peaceful, self-guided visit to Westminster Abbey after hours, with time and space to explore at your own pace.

  Tickets Tickets cost £15 (adult) and £7 (child). Timings Last entry into the Abbey will be at 6:00pm.

  Events Summer at the Abbey

• Edward and Sir Edmund Godfrey

  On the wall of the east cloister is a memorial to brothers Edward and Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey. The marble monument has a sculpted shield.

  ...translated: Sacred to the pious memory of Edward Godfrey, who was the 13th son but 15th child of his father, Thomas Godfrey of Hodiford, in Selling, Kent and, of his mother,...

• Thomas Whitney and family

  Thomas Whitney was buried at St Margaret's Westminster in 1637 but has no marker. Many of his children were baptised at the church.

  Burial entries at this time do not normally say whether the person is a child or an adult.

• Abbey funds new programme to reduce family homelessness in Westminster

  Monday, 7th July 2025

  Westminster Abbey will donate £600,000 over the next three years to the Cardinal Hume Centre, which will enable the development and delivery of its ground-breaking Outreach Programme while underpinning the core work of the Centre.

  ...transformative donation will provide essential front-line work to respond to the increased risk to young people, children and families facing homelessness in

• Henry VI

  Henry VI was crowned in Westminster Abbey in 1429 aged 8. He has a modern statue in the Lady Chapel.

  Henry was the only child of Henry V and Catherine de Valois and was born at Windsor Castle on 6th December 1421.

• Elizabeth daughter of Henry VII

  In the chapel of St Edward the Confessor is a small tomb with a black marble slab for Elizabeth, daughter of Henry VII.

  Latin can be translated: Elizabeth, second child of Henry the Seventh King of England, France and Ireland and of the most serene lady Queen Elizabeth his consort,...