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• William King

  Writer

  William King, writer of satires and light verse, is buried in the north cloister but he seems never to have had an inscribed gravestone.

• Peter Mason

  In the west cloister of Westminster Abbey is a marble tablet near the grave of Peter Mason. The tablet has lost its heraldic shield.

• Charles Marsh

  In east cloister, near the gates, is the grave of Charles Marsh, a clerk in the War Office and Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries.

• George Walsh

  Soldier

  In the east cloister of Westminster Abbey is a marble tablet to General George Walsh. He had a long military career.

• Francis Newman

  In the north cloister of Westminster Abbey is a small tablet for Francis Newman. This was originally part of a larger monument.

• Charles and Gavin Drummond

  Admiral Charles Drummond and his brother are buried in the east cloister of Westminster Abbey but their gravestone inscription is now very faint.

• Lady Margaret Crichton

  Lady Margaret Crichton was buried in the west cloister on 31st December 1720 but she has no marker. She was a daughter of Lord Crichton.

• Sarah Hucks

  Sarah Hucks, wife of Joseph and sister of Viscount Grimston, was buried in the north cloister of Westminster Abbey. She has no marker.

• George Falconer

  Sailor

  Captain George Falconer was buried in the west cloister of Westminster Abbey but has no marker.

• John Buswell

  Musician and Composer

  Dr John Buswell, composer and singer at the Abbey, was buried in the north cloister.

• Dean & Chapter commissions Abbey paintings

  Thursday, 15th March 2018

  Westminster Abbey’s Dean & Chapter has commissioned a unique series of watercolours of the interior and precincts of the Abbey church by the artist Alexander Creswell.

  Alexander Creswell Exhibition Lady Chapel

• Prime Minister visits Abbey on eve of VE Day

  Thursday, 7th May 2020

  Prime Minister Boris Johnson was welcomed to the Abbey tonight by the Dean of Westminster on the eve of the 75th anniversary of VE Day.

  VE Day Prime Minister Boris Johnson COVID-19

• July 2025 - Navigators' Memorial

  Learn about the lives and legacies of those remembered in the Abbey and discover how people from all walks of life have ended up in the nation's church.

• George Preston

  Priest/Minister

  In the section of the cloister of Westminster Abbey called the Dark Cloister is a wall memorial to the Reverend George Preston.

• John Seely, Lord Mottistone

  Architect

  Henry John Alexander Seely, 2nd Lord Mottistone, of the architect firm of Seely and Paget, re-built several of the houses in Little Cloister, Westminster Abbey.

• Anne Gawen

  On the wall of the fourth bay of the north cloister is a small tablet to Anne Gawen and her parents Isaac and Frances Bush.

• George Lindsay Johnstone

  Politician

  Politician George Lindsay Johnstone was buried in the south cloister of Westminster Abbey. His monument can now be seen in the triforium galleries.

• Walter Hawkes

  Soldier

  In the part of the cloister of Westminster Abbey called the Dark Cloister, leading to the Little Cloister, is a wall memorial to Walter Hawkes.

• Westminster Abbey Garden Tour

  Tuesday, 1st April 2025

  Take a stroll around the Abbey’s green spaces with our Head Gardener, Danny Britten.

• Sir Frederick Bridge

  Musician and Composer

  Sir John Frederick Bridge, organist of Westminster Abbey, has a memorial tablet on the wall of the west cloister of Westminster Abbey.