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Ashes of Dr Wesley Carr buried in the Abbey
Wednesday, 25th April 2018
Evensong on Tuesday 24th April 2018 was followed by the burial of the ashes of the Very Reverend Dr Wesley Carr KCVO, who was Dean of Westminster from 1997 to 2006.
...years later he moved to Westminster Abbey where, in 1997, he conducted the funeral service of Diana, Princess of Wales, and in 2002 of Queen Elizabeth The Queen...
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Lord Ashdown remembered
A Service of Thanksgiving for the life and work of the Rt Hon The Lord (Paddy) Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon was held at Westminster Abbey.
The Rt Hon Sir Nick Clegg read from the funeral oration attributed to Pericles (c 495-29 BC); and Mark Ashdown, brother, read a traditional Irish Blessing.
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The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries re-open
Friday, 9th October 2020
Visitors will be welcomed back to The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries today, Monday 12th October, after seven months of closure due to the coronavirus pandemic.
...Retable (1259–69), the oldest surviving altarpiece in England from Henry III’s Abbey; 21 funeral effigies from the 14th to early 17th centuries, including Henry VII’s...
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HM The Queen marks Warrior centenary
Her Majesty The Queen visited Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 4th November 2020 to commemorate the centenary of the burial of the Unknown Warrior.
...Abbey by the Reverend David Railton and which covered the Warrior’s coffin at his funeral, will play a central role in the service, which will be shown live on...
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Musicians celebrated at St Cecilia service
Wednesday, 23rd November 2022
A service to Mark the Festival of St Cecilia - the patron saint of music and musicians - was held at Westminster Abbey in conjunction with Help Musicians UK on 23rd November 2022.
...new anthem by Nico Muhly commissioned specially for the service; and Like as the Heart by Judith Weir, commissioned for the State Funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth
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Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother was married and crowned in the Abbey and had her funeral here in 2002.
Funeral She died on 30th March 2002.
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Edward VI
Edward succeeded his father when he was just 9 years old and was crowned in the Abbey on 20th February 1547. He died in 1553.
He had lain unburied during the long negotiations between Mary I and her ministers as to the mode of the funeral rites.
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James Ussher
Priest/Minister
Archbishop James Ussher (or Usher) was born in Dublin in 1581, and his grave is in St Paul's chapel at Westminster Abbey.
Burial It was Cromwell who ordered his burial in the chapel of St Paul in Westminster Abbey and paid the funeral expenses.
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Sir Henry (Brodribb) Irving
Actor
The ashes of Sir Henry Irving, actor, lie in Poets' Corner. John Henry Brodribb (1838-1905) assumed the surname of Irving by royal licence in 1889.
funeral took place at 12 noon on 20th October 1905 during which his ashes were buried in the south transept, next to the grave of the 18th century Shakespearian...
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John Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham & family
Statesman
In Henry VII's chapel at Westminster Abbey there is a monument to John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham. The wax effigies of his wife Catherine and two sons can be seen in the triforium
A wax effigy, which had been made in her lifetime and dressed under her supervision in coronation robes, was carried at her funeral and then stood by her grave.
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Elizabeth Woodville
Elizabeth Woodville is buried with her husband King Edward IV at St George's chapel, Windsor, but she took Sanctuary at Westminster Abbey on two occasions.
Ellis, 1809 British Museum Arundel MS.26 - eyewitness account of her funeral "The royal funerals of the House of York at Windsor" by A.
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Henry Purcell & family
Musician and Composer
On 26th November 1695 Purcell was buried in the north aisle of the choir. This was where the organ stood at this time.
...arranged or composed music for many State occasions, including the coronations of James II in 1685 and William and Mary in 1689 and also the funeral of Mary II.
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David & Eva Garrick
Actor
On the west wall of Poets' Corner is a monument to the famous actor David Garrick, not far from his grave. By H. Webber.
funeral was a lavish affair and the procession of nearly fifty coaches made its way from his house on Adelphi Terrace to the Abbey with crowds lining the streets.
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Peter Holder to be Organist at Christ Church, Oxford
Tuesday, 14th May 2024
Peter Holder, Sub-Organist at Westminster Abbey, has been appointed Organist and Official Student (Tutorial Fellow) at Christ Church, Oxford. He will take up his new post in the autumn.
served as principal organist at the State Funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth II and last year's Coronation of Their Majesties The King and Queen, for which he was...
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Angela Burdett-Coutts
Philanthropist
Near the west door in the nave is the simple gravestone of Angela Burdett-Coutts, philanthropist. She applied her fortune to many charities.
But on the day before the funeral he informed them that cremation would not take place.
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William Pulteney, Earl of Bath
William Pulteney, Earl of Bath, is buried in the Islip chapel with his wife and three children and his brother. A new vault was made.
Prior to his funeral the body lay in the Jerusalem Chamber at the Abbey.
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Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Poet
Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Poet Laureate, died in 1892. His funeral at Westminster Abbey was attended by thousands of mourners. Bust by T. Woolner.
The next day the funeral was attended by thousands of mourners.
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Robert South
Priest/Minister and Philanthropist
Robert South, prebendary of Westminster, is buried in the lantern area, just before the steps up to the Cosmati pavement and next to Richard Busby.
to his funeral his body lay in the Jerusalem Chamber within the Deanery and the coffin was carried into College Hall where the captain of the scholars read...
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Sir Winston Churchill
Artist, Writer, Soldier, Statesman and Historian
Sir Winston Churchill is not buried in Westminster Abbey but just inside, near the grave of the Unknown Warrior, is a green marble memorial stone.
State Funeral Before the State Funeral at St Paul's Cathedral in London his body lay in state at Westminster Hall and was taken by river to the Cathedral.
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Edmund Hooper and family
Edmund Hooper, organist and master of the choristers at Westminster Abbey, was buried in the cloisters of the Abbey on 16th July 1621.
...been a member of the Abbey choir (although his name does not appear in the accounts) and served at the Chapel Royal, being a singer at the funeral of Elizabeth
