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• Lancelot Blackburne

  Priest/Minister

  Lancelot Blackburne, Archbishop of York, was buried in the middle chancel of St Margaret's on 1st April 1743 but he has no monument or gravestone.

• Henrietta Laura Pulteney, Countess of Bath

  Henrietta Laura Pulteney, Countess of Bath was buried in the south cloister of Westminster Abbey on 23rd July 1808 near the grave of her father.

• Thomas Prickard

  Thomas Prickard was buried in the north cloister on 23rd September 1795. He was Coroner and Clerk of the Markets for the City of Westminster.

• Marie Celeste Hora

  James Hora erected two memorials to his wife Marie Celeste - a stained glass window in Westminster Abbey and a small tablet in St Margaret's.

• Guinness Family

  Members of the Guinness family presented sixteen crystal chandeliers to hang in the nave and transepts to mark the 900th anniversary of the Abbey’s founding.

• Edward, Lord Herbert of Cherbury

  The grave of Edward, 3rd Lord Herbert of Cherbury and 3rd Baron of Castle Island is in St Edmund's chapel. The stone has been re-cut.

• Sir Charles Wills

  Soldier

  General Sir Charles Wills, army officer, is buried in the north transept but he has no monument or gravestone. He died on 25th December 1741.

• John Smith

  John Smith, his daughter Anne, Countess of Clanricarde and grandson the Hon. John Burke are buried in the nave of Westminster Abbey.

• 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.

• Sir Herbert Edwardes

  Soldier

  A memorial to Major General Sir Herbert Edwardes is on the wall of the west aisle of the north transept. It consists of a bust.

• Sir William Constable

  Soldier

  Sir William Constable was buried in a vault in Henry VII's chapel on 21st June 1655. But by Royal Warrant his remains were exhumed.

• Abbey Advent Calendar

  Open a door every day on our Abbey Advent Calendar.