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Sir James Leith
Soldier
Sir James Leith, army officer, is buried in the centre part of the nave. He died of yellow fever in Barbados on 16th October 1816.
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Mary and Adria Lucy
Mary and Adria Lucy, wife and daughter respectively of Edward Lucy, are buried in the north aisle of the nave of Westminster Abbey.
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Henry Francis Lyte
Composer, Musician and Priest/Minister
In the south choir aisle is a memorial to hymn writer Henry Francis Lyte. The alabaster tablet was unveiled on 16th November 1947.
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Philip Ludlow
Sailor
Philip Ludlow was buried in 1650 in the south ambulatory. He was probably buried in the Abbey due to the influence of his brother.
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Richard Lucas
Priest/Minister
Dr Richard Lucas is buried in the south transept. In 1677 he published the first of many works, Practical Christianity, and was a noted preacher.
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William Makepeace Thackeray
Writer
On a pillar in Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey, is a white marble bust, with a brown marble base, to novelist and essayist William Makepeace Thackeray.
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Elizabeth, Countess of Desmond
Elizabeth Butler, Countess of Desmond was buried in St Paul's chapel in Westminster Abbey in 1629 but she has no marker. Her father's first wife Elizabeth Berkeley is also buried in this chapel.
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Lambert Osbaldeston
Lambert Osbaldeston (or Osbolston), Head Master of Westminster School, was buried in the south aisle on 7th October 1659 but he has no monument.
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Edward Herbert
On a pillar in the north nave aisle is a white marble cartouche to Edward Herbert. This shows a winged cherub head at the base.
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William Julius
Sailor
In the south choir aisle is a tablet for Captain William Julius. The border is decorated with flowers, cherub heads and a winged death’s head.
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William Spottiswood
William Spottiswoode, printer, died of typhoid fever and was buried in the south transept, near his ancestor John Spottiswood, Archbishop of St Andrews.
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Thomas Gassaway
Thomas Gassaway was a carpenter in Westminster and was buried in St Margaret's church on 19th November 1658. He has no remaining gravestone or monument.
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John and Mary Granger
John Granger (or Grainger) and his wife Mary are both buried in the centre part of the nave. The original gravestone was taken up in.
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Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford
Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Mortimer and Baron Harley of Wigmore is buried in the vault of the Duke of Newcastle.
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Gilbert Wimberley
Priest/Minister
The Reverend Dr Gilbert Wimberley or Wymberley was minister at St Margaret's church Westminster from 1630 and was buried in the chancel.
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Henry Newport, Earl of Bradford
Politician
Henry Newport, Earl of Bradford, Baron Newport of High Ercall, Lord Lieutenant and Custos of Shropshire was buried in the Duke of Ormond's vault.
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Thomas, Lord Wentworth
Thomas. 1st Lord Wentworth, is buried in the chapel of St John the Evangelist. He seems never to have had a monument or gravestone.
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Henry Carr
In the south transept is the grave of Major Henry Carr. It is worn on one side but the name can still be seen.
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Mary Shelvocke
Mary Shelvocke was buried in the west cloister on 1st August 1761. Her stone has now nearly worn away and the inscription is very faint.
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Sir John Alexander Macdonald
Politician
In the chapel of the Order of the Bath there is an enamelled stall plate for Sir John Alexander Macdonald, first Prime Minister of Canada.