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• Thomas Brown

  Writer

  Essayist and satirist Thomas Brown was buried in the east cloister of Westminster Abbey, near Edmund Berry Godfrey's monument, on 22nd June 1704.

• Thomas Cole

  Politician

  On the south wall of St Margaret's church, near the vestry door, is a brass, consisting of two plates, to Member of Parliament Thomas Cole.

• Chilean Navy lay wreath for Cochrane

  Wednesday, 19th May 2010

  The Chilean Navy paid its annual tribute at the grave of Admiral Cochrane, the 10th Earl of Dundonald, on Wednesday 19th May 2010.

  Chilean Navy Day Thomas Cochrane Wreathlaying

• Noe Laine family

  Philanthropist

  A small window to members of the Noe family was given by Mrs Linda Noe Laine, a generous benefactor to the Westminster Abbey restoration appeal.

• William Bent and family

  On the north wall of St Margaret's Westminster is a tablet to William Bent and family. Much of the inscription is now illegible.

• Sir Thomas (Vaughan) Parry

  Statesman and Diplomat

  In the north ambulatory are four shields which is all that now remains of the brass from the grave of Sir Thomas Parry, died 1560.

• Thomas, Lord Wharton

  Politician

  Thomas, 2nd Lord Wharton was buried in St Michael's chapel on 26th June 1572. But he seems never to have had a monument or gravestone.

• Sir Thomas Clifford

  Sir Thomas Clifford, governor of Berwick, was buried in 1543 in the central part of the Sanctuary in front of the Lord's table.

• Thomas and Elizabeth Moore

  Elizabeth Moore was buried on 5th August 1720 in the east cloister. Her tablet has been moved to the wall of the Dark Cloister.

• Thomas Babington Macaulay

  Poet and Historian

  Thomas Babington (Macaulay), 1st Baron Macaulay, historian and poet, was buried at the foot of Joseph Addison's statue in Poets' Corner on 9th January 1860.

• Fox family of Farley

  Several young children of Sir Stephen Fox (1627-1716) of Farley in Wiltshire are buried in the cloisters. He was a Member of Parliament for Salisbury.

• Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester

  The grave of Thomas, Duke of Gloucester, in the chapel of St Edward the Confessor, was originally covered by a brass depicting images of himself.

• Thomas and John French

  Thomas and John French were servants to Dean Thomas Sprat at Westminster Abbey and are buried in the south cloister.

• Sir William Temple & Family

  Writer, Politician and Statesman

  In the nave south aisle is a marble memorial to statesman and author Sir William Temple, his wife Dorothy, daughter Diana and sister Martha Giffard.

• Thomas Aston Coffin

  Thomas Aston Coffin, born in the USA, was Commissary General to His Majesty's troops serving in Britain, and was buried in St Margaret's with a memorial tablet.

• William Pitt and family

  Statesman

  William Pitt the Elder and his son are buried in the north transept of Westminster Abbey. His wax effigy is on display in the triforium.

• Sir Thomas Ingram

  Sir Thomas Ingram, his wife and only daughter, are buried in the south ambulatory of Westminster Abbey, near the steps to the Lady Chapel.

• Arthur O’Keeffe & family

  Lawyer

  In the west cloister is a white marble monument and bust to the memory of lawyer Arthur O'Keeffe. It was erected in the late 1750s.

• Thomas and Matthew Arnold

  Writer, Poet and Historian

  A memorial to Dr Thomas Arnold, famous head master, is now on a ledge in the nave, while son Matthew has two memorials.

• Thomas Cochrane, Earl of Dundonald

  Sailor

  The grave of Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, the famous admiral, is in the central part of the nave of Westminster Abbey.