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Charles Ignatius Sancho honoured with St Margaret’s memorial
Tuesday, 19th December 2023
Charles Ignatius Sancho, who escaped from a background of slavery and rose to distinction in Georgian London, has been honoured with a new memorial.
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Henry and Millicent Fawcett
Philanthropist and Statesman
In the chapel of St George, near the west door, is a joint memorial to Henry Fawcett, politician, and his wife Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett.
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Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Poet
Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Poet Laureate, died in 1892. His funeral at Westminster Abbey was attended by thousands of mourners. Bust by T. Woolner.
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Order of the Bath
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath was established as a military order by George I on 18th May 1725. Since then the Lady Chapel at Westminster Abbey has been used as their chapel.
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Abbey Welcomes Her Majesty The Queen to Bath Service
Friday, 9th May 2014
Her Majesty The Queen, Sovereign of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, accompanied by His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, Great Master of the Order, attended the Service and Ceremony of the Installation of Knights Grand Cross of the Order in Henry VII’s Lady Chapel, Chapel of the Order, at Westminster Abbey on Friday 9th May 2014.
Special Service Royal Visit HM The Queen HRH The Prince of Wales Order of the Bath
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Tricia Hillas inaugurated as Speaker’s Chaplain
The Reverend Tricia Hillas was inaugurated as Chaplain to The Speaker of the House of Commons in a service in St Margaret's Church, Westminster today.
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Prime Minister pays tribute to Westminster terror attack victims
Tuesday, 22nd March 2022
The Prime Minister, Boris Johnson MP, today paid tribute to the victims of the terror attack which brought Westminster to a standstill five years ago.
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Stone of Destiny welcomed to the Abbey
Saturday, 29th April 2023
A service to mark the arrival of the Stone of Destiny at Westminster Abbey was held on Saturday 29th April.
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Battle of Britain anniversary marked at Westminster Abbey
Sunday, 17th September 2023
A Service of Thanksgiving and Rededication to mark the 83rd anniversary of the Battle of Britain was held at Westminster Abbey on Sunday 17th September 2023. His Majesty The King was represented at the service by Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton.
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Charles III
King Charles III was crowned in Westminster Abbey on 6th May 2023.
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The Coronation Chair
The Coronation Chair is one of the most famous pieces of furniture in the world. It has been the centrepiece of coronations for 700 years.
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Elizabeth II
Queen Elizabeth II's coronation was held at Westminster Abbey on 2nd June 1953. Her wedding to Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, took place in 1947. Her funeral was held on 19th September 2022.
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Royal Ballet Founders
Composer, Dancer and Musician
In 2009 a memorial stone to four founders of the Royal Ballet, Ninette de Valois, Frederick Ashton, Constant Lambert and Margot Fonteyn, was unveiled.
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Poets of the First World War
Poet and Soldier
Sixteen poets of the Great War (World War I) are remembered on this memorial. None of the poets are actually buried in the Abbey.
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The State Funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth II
Monday, 19th September 2022
The State Funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth II: The State Funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth II was held at Westminster Abbey at 11:00am on Monday 19th September 2022. Before the service, the.
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Their Majesties The King and Queen crowned at the Abbey
Saturday, 6th May 2023
The Coronation of Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla was held at Westminster Abbey on Saturday 6th May 2023.
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Mildred Cecil, Lady Burghley & Anne Countess of Oxford
Philanthropist
Mildred Cecil, Lady Burghley and her daughter Anne Vere, Countess of Oxford have a large monument in St Nicholas' chapel. Richard Cecil, Lord Burghley's father, is buried in St Margaret's Church.
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Architecture
The present Abbey building dates mainly from the reign of Henry III. In 1245 he pulled down the eastern part of the 11th century Abbey.
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34th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture
Thursday, 9th May 2019
Sir James MacMillan argues that the search for the sacred did not end with modernity in music and that it has grown and become complex.
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33rd Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture
Thursday, 24th May 2018
Speaker: The Reverend Richard Coles FKC, Vicar of Finedon, Northamptonshire