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George Gordon, Earl of Aberdeen
Politician and Statesman
George Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, Prime Minister, has a memorial bust in the west aisle of the north transept.
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James Lupton
Priest/Minister
James Lupton, clergyman of Westminster Abbey, is buried in the west cloister of the Abbey. The stone was re-cut in 1958.
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Mary & Elizabeth Illingworth
Mary Illingworth and her mother Elizabeth are buried in the north transept of Westminster Abbey. The gravestone is near Robert Peel's statue.
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Fabian Ware
Soldier
Major General Sir Fabian Ware, founder of the Imperial (now Commonwealth) War Graves Commission, has a memorial stone in St George's chapel.
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William Foxley Norris
Dean and Priest/Minister
The ashes of the Very Reverend William Foxley Norris K.C.V.O., Dean of Westminster 1925-1937, are buried in the nave of the Abbey.
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Susanna Cibber
Actor
Susanna Cibber, actress, is buried in the north cloister. She seems never to have had an inscribed gravestone and there is no memorial to her.
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Lady Elizabeth Rich
Lady Elizabeth Rich was buried in the north transept of Westminster Abbey on 20th October 1773 aged 81 but she has no monument or gravestone.
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Catherine Hyde & Elizabeth Cotes
Catherine Hyde was buried in the nave on 28th February 1707. Elizabeth Cotes was her personal maid who was buried with her.
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Thomas Amyot
Historian and Lawyer
Thomas Amyot (Amyott), lawyer and historian, and his wife Jane are buried in St Margaret's church. There is a marble tablet on the north wall.
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John Gadbury
Writer and Astronomer
Dr John Gadbury, writer, astrologer and astronomer, was buried in St Margaret's Church Westminster on 28th March 1704. He has no memorial.
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Philip Herbert
Soldier
Colonel Philip Herbert, his wife Marianne and two daughters are buried in the west cloister of Westminster Abbey. None have markers.
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George Slemaker
George Slemaker, porter and bell ringer at Westminster Abbey, is buried in the south cloister with his wife Susanna.
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Greenvile (Grenvill) Collins
Sailor
Greenvile (Grenvill) Collins, naval officer and hydrographer, was buried in St Margaret's Westminster but has no memorial.
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Henry III manuscripts go on display in the Galleries
Thursday, 3rd October 2019
Two 13th century manuscripts go on display in our Galleries as part of celebrations to mark the 750th anniversary of the rebuilding of the church.
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Westminster Abbey celebrates 750th anniversary
Tuesday, 15th October 2019
Her Majesty The Queen and HRH The Duchess of Cornwall attended a service to celebrate the 750th anniversary of the re-building of Westminster Abbey today.
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Abbey opens its doors and welcomes two Archbishops
Two of the first visitors were the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend and Right Honourable Justin Welby; and Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster.
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Prince Andrew, son of Queen Elizabeth II
b.1960
On 23 July 1986, Prince Andrew, second son of Queen Elizabeth II and Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, was married to Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey.
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Sir Robert Long
Politician, Architect and Lawyer
Sir Robert Long, politician and lawyer, was buried in the south choir aisle on 28 July 1673 but he has no monument or marker.
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Christopher Musgrave
Politician
Christopher Musgrave, Member of Parliament for Carlisle, was buried in the north transept on 16th September 1718 but he has no monument or readable gravestone.
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Walter Stuart, 6th Lord Blantyre
Walter Stuart, 6th Lord Blantyre was buried in the Duke of Richmond's vault in Henry VII's chapel in Westminster Abbey on 24th July 1713.