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• John Fox

  Priest/Minister

  John Fox was buried on 27th September 1623 in the north transept (the broad aisle) of Westminster Abbey but he has no memorial or marker.

• John Frost

  Musician and Priest/Minister

  John Frost was Minor Canon and Chanter of Westminster Abbey 1623-1642 and was buried on 10th May 1642 in the north transept near the porch.

• John Isham

  Musician and Composer

  John Isham, organist and composer, was buried in the middle chancel of St Margaret's on 12th June 1726. He had been organist there since 1718.

• John Bunyan

  Writer and Priest/Minister

  A memorial window to writer and preacher John Bunyan was unveiled in the west aisle of the north transept on 25th January 1912.

• John Conduitt

  Politician, Writer and Soldier

  At the west end of the nave is a monument to John Conduitt, politician. He is buried near Newton.

• John Harrison

  Scientist

  In 2006 a memorial stone for John Harrison, clock maker and developer of the marine chronometer, was unveiled in the nave.

• John Rice

  Musician

  John Rice, sometime organist of Trinity Church, New York, USA, was buried with his father in the south cloister on 24 March 1808, aged 84.

• John Ruskin

  Writer

  A memorial to author and critic John Ruskin was unveiled in Poets' Corner on 8th February 1902. The bronze roundel encloses a portrait.

• John Henderson

  Actor

  John Henderson, actor, is buried at the foot of the grave of David Garrick in the south transept. The inscription has now worn away

• John Strode

  Soldier

  Colonel John Strode, governor of Dover Castle in Kent and a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber to Charles II, was buried on 30th March 1686.

• John Davis

  Soldier

  Colonel John Davis was buried in the south aisle of the nave of Westminster Abbey on 16th December 1725. His gravestone is no longer readable.

• John Broxholme

  Politician

  John Broxholme of Lincolnshire was a member of the Long Parliament and was buried on 5th March 1647 but nothing marks his grave.

• John Battely

  Lawyer

  John Battely, Receiver General of Westminster Abbey, was buried in the south aisle of the nave but has no marker.

• The King celebrates Commonwealth Day at the Abbey

  Monday, 10th March 2025

  Their Majesties The King and The Queen attended the annual Commonwealth Day Service at Westminster Abbey on Monday 10th March.

• John Broughton

  Soldier

  John Broughton, champion boxer and later Yeoman of the Guard, was buried in the west cloister of Westminster Abbey in 1789.

• John Skelton

  Writer, Poet and Playwright

  John Skelton, Court poet, writer and playwright, was buried in the chancel of St Margaret's on 21st June 1529. He has no monument or inscription.

• John Keble

  Writer, Poet and Priest/Minister

  On a pillar on the west wall of Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey is a white marble bust to poet and clergyman John Keble.

• John Stewart

  Sailor

  In the window splay of the north nave aisle in Westminster Abbey is a white marble monument to Captain John Stewart.

• John Clare

  Poet

  Ted Hughes, Poet Laureate, unveiled a memorial to nature poet John Clare in Poets' Corner. This is an oval mural tablet of LePine limestone.

• John Masefield

  Poet

  The ashes of poet and novelist John Masefield were buried in Poets’ Corner on 20th June 1967. The grave adjoins that of Robert Browning.