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• Celebrating the Commonwealth

  Celebrating Commonwealth Day, one of the most important dates in the Abbey's year.

• College Garden - Summer

  In June and July, we construct a glass marquee, making College Garden an idyllic venue for a reception, gala dinner or corporate conference and lunch.

• A Service of Thanksgiving for the Life of Lord Dahrendorf of Clare Market

  Tuesday, 3rd November 2009

  A Service of Thanksgiving for the Life of Lord Dahrendorf of Clare Market KBE FBA was held at St Margaret’s Church, Westminster Abbey, at 12 noon on Tuesday 3rd November 2009.

  Lord Dahrendorf of Clare Market

• John and Avis Freeman

  Musician

  In the west cloister is a white marble tablet to John and Avis Freeman. Called "Honest Brother Freeman" he was a member of the Abbey.

• A. E. Housman

  Poet

  Alfred Edward Housman, poet, has a memorial panel in the window above Chaucer's monument in Poets' Corner. This was unveiled on 17th September 1996.

• Robert Southey (gardener)

  Robert Southey was gardener at Westminster Abbey. He also held the post of Keeper of the Orchards and tended the lamps in the precincts.

• Mary, Duchess of Hamilton

  Mary, Duchess of Hamilton was buried in May 1638 in the vault of the Countess of Buckingham on the north side of Henry VII's chapel.

• Andrew Bonar Law

  Statesman

  The ashes of statesman and Prime Minister Andrew Bonar Law are buried in the nave. He was a Canadian by birth and Scots by descent.

• Cyril Newall, 1st Baron Newall

  Airman

  Cyril Norton Newall, 1st Baron Newall, Air Chief Marshal of the Royal Air Force, is remembered in the RAF chapel in Westminster Abbey.

• John and James Collier

  John Collier and his brother James are both buried in the north cloister. No gravestones remain for them but there is a tablet for John.

• The Arts Society celebrates 50th anniversary

  HRH The Duchess of Gloucester, Patron, attended a service of celebration to mark the 50th anniversary of The Arts Society at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 16th May 2018.

• 150th Anniversary of Peabody Celebrated

  A service to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Peabody and the work of its founder, George Peabody, was held at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 28th March 2012 at 11.00am.