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• 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.

• 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.

• Queen Elizabeth II remembered during Royal carol service

  Saturday, 24th December 2022

  Tributes were paid to HM Queen Elizabeth II during the second annual Royal Carols: Together at Christmas service at Westminster Abbey.

  Christmas Royal Visit Special Service

• Honouring ‘The Few’: Westminster Abbey and the Battle of Britain

  The Battle of Britain – a 112-day fight for control of Britain’s skies – was the first decisive battle in history fought entirely in the air.

• Sir George Leonard Staunton

  Physician and Diplomat

  George Leonard Staunton, physician and diplomat, was buried in the north aisle and has a memorial in the window splay of the north choir aisle.

• George Edmund Street

  Architect

  A brass in the nave covers the grave of George Edmund Street, architect. His best known work is the Royal Courts of Justice.

• George James Riddell

  Soldier

  In the south transept is the grave of George James Riddell and his stepmother Dame Sarah Riddell. It adjoins the grave of Robert Adam.

• 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.

• 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.

• Princess Anne, daughter of Queen Elizabeth II

  Princess Anne is the only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. In 1973 she married Captain Mark Phillips in Westminster Abbey.

• Prince Andrew, son of Queen Elizabeth II

  b.1960

  On 23 July 1986, Prince Andrew, second son of Queen Elizabeth II and Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, was married to Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey.

• Sir George Gilbert Scott

  Architect, Historian and Writer

  In the centre of the nave is the grave of Sir George Gilbert Scott, architect and Surveyor of the Fabric at the Abbey from 1849-1878.

• 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.

• George Ebenezer Williams

  Musician

  George Ebenezer Williams was Organist and Master of the Choristers at Westminster Abbey from 1814-1819. He was buried in the south cloister in April 1819.

• Sir George Cornewall Lewis

  In the north transept is a memorial bust and inscription tablet to politician Sir George Cornewall Lewis. It is by sculptor Henry Weekes.

• Westminster Abbey to mark Great War centenary

  Monday, 10th June 2013

  A candle-lit vigil of prayer and an act of solemn reflection to mark the centenary of the start of the First World War will be held in Westminster Abbey on 4th August 2014.

  WW1

• Sir George Carew

  Diplomat, Lawyer and Politician

• Lunchtime Talk: Edward I, a Great and Terrible King

  Wednesday, 9th July 2025

  Historian Marc Morris explores the life of King Edward I and considers how his controversial reign shaped the history of the British Isles.

  Events

• Anglican Roman Catholic Unity sixty years on from Vatican II: What have we achieved?

  Tuesday, 14th October 2025

  Join us in the Abbey as the Reverend Canon Dr Jeremy Morris, the Church of England's National Advisor for Ecumenical Relations, gives the Annual Friends' Lecture for the Anglican Centre in Rome.

• George Goring, 1st Earl of Norwich

  George Goring, 1st Earl of Norwich, was buried in St John the Baptist's chapel in Westminster Abbey on 14th January 1663. He has no monument.