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• Sir James Outram

  Soldier

  Sir James Outram, Baronet, is buried in the nave. He was an officer in the East India Company and spent most of his life there.

• Charles Watson

  Sailor

  In the west aisle of the north transept of Westminster Abbey is a memorial to Vice-Admiral Charles Watson. This was designed by James Stuart.

• Adam Fox

  Poet and Priest/Minister

  The ashes of the Reverend Adam Fox, Canon of Westminster from 1942 and Sub-Dean from 1959-1963, are buried in the south transept of Westminster Abbey.

• Abbey honour for Sir Donald Gosling

  Wednesday, 11th December 2019

  A Service of Thanksgiving for the life and work of British Vice Admiral, businessman and benefactor Sir Donald Gosling KCVO was held at Westminster Abbey.

  Sir Donald Gosling HRH The Prince of Wales HRH The Duchess of Cornwall HRH The Duke of Cambridge TRH The Earl and Countess of Wessex HRH Prince Michael of Kent memorial service Special Service

• Abbey mourns Canon Tuckwell

  Monday, 29th June 2020

  The Dean of Westminster today paid tribute to Canon Christopher Tuckwell, former Administrator of Westminster Cathedral who died on June 26th after a long illness.

  Canon Tuckwell College of Westminster Abbey

• The Reverend Robert Latham appointed Minor Canon and Sacrist

  Sunday, 20th June 2021

  The Reverend Robert Latham, curate in the Fromeside Benefice of Churches in the Diocese of Bristol, has been appointed Minor Canon and Sacrist of Westminster Abbey.

• Princess Margaret, daughter of George VI

  Princess Margaret was the second daughter of King George VI and the sister of Queen Elizabeth II. She married at Westminster Abbey in 1960.

• Mary I

  Mary Tudor was the daughter of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon. She was crowned in the Abbey on 1st October 1553 and lies buried with Elizabeth I.

• Maud Holland, Countess of St Pol

  Maud Holland, Countess of St Pol was apparently buried in Westminster Abbey but the location of her grave is unknown.

• James Sartre

  Priest/Minister

  James Sartre, clergyman of Westminster Abbey, was buried in the south transept of the church on 5th September 1713. He has no monument or gravestone.

• Lady Ann Walpole

  Lady Ann Walpole was buried in St Andrew's chapel on 16 August 1722 but she has no marker. She was a daughter of Thomas Osborne.

• Sir Richard Price

  Sir Richard Price or Pryse was buried in St Paul's chapel but nothing marks his grave. He was the eldest son of Sir John Pryse.

• Hammond Witherley

  Musician

  Hammond Witherley, singer, was buried on 4th October 1717 in the west cloister of Westminster Abbey. No gravestone seems to have been inscribed for him.

• Nicholas Assheton

  The ashes of the Hon. Nicholas Assheton were buried in the Islip chapel on 15th March 2013. He was Chief Honorary Steward from 2002-2006.

• Francis Coghlan

  Lawyer

  Francis Coghlan, Irish lawyer, was buried in the north cloister of Westminster Abbey but has no marker.

• Thomas Ford

  Musician and Composer

  Thomas Ford, composer and musician, was buried in St Margaret's Church in 1648 but he has no memorial or marker.

• Edmund Nelham

  Priest and Musician

  Edmund Nelham, musician and Minor Canon of Westminster Abbey, was buried in the cloisters in 1646 but he has no marker or memorial.

• The Reverend Mark Birch

  The Reverend Mark Birch has been a Minor Canon at Westminster Abbey since January 2015.

• Abbey Sub-Organist honoured with Royal Academy of Music Fellowship

  Wednesday, 24th April 2024

  Westminster Abbey's Sub-Organist, Peter Holder, has been honoured by the Royal Academy of Music for his outstanding contribution to church music.

  Music

• Funeral and wax effigies

  Westminster Abbey is a treasure house of paintings, stained glass, textiles and artefacts – and is also where some significant people are buried or remembered.