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Beauclerk family
Sailor
Several members of the family of Charles Beauclerk, Duke of St Albans are buried or commemorated in Westminster Abbey. Lord Aubrey Beauclerk has a monument.
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Arthur & Augusta Stanley
Writer, Dean, Historian and Priest/Minister
In Henry VII’s chapel is the grave and monument of Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, Dean of Westminster, and the grave of his wife Lady Augusta.
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Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox
Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox, was buried, at the expense of Elizabeth I, in the south aisle of Henry VII's chapel in Westminster Abbey.
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Sir John and Lord Thomas Burgh
Soldier
Sir John Burgh [or Borough] and his brother Thomas, 5th Lord Burgh are both buried in the chapel of St Andrew in Westminster Abbey.
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Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex
Philanthropist
In the chapel of St Paul is a large monument, about 24 feet high, to the memory of Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex.
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Richard Tufton
In the south ambulatory is a monument of black and white marble, with an oval recess in which is a bust, to Richard Tufton.
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Randolph & Penelope Egerton & family
Soldier
Major General Randolph Egerton, his two wives, two sons and a daughter are buried in the north aisle of the nave of Westminster Abbey.
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Katherine Knollys
On the wall of St Edmund's chapel in Westminster Abbey is a coloured alabaster monument near the grave of Katherine, wife of Sir Francis Knollys.
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Giles Daubeney
Soldier
Sir Giles Daubeney was buried in St Paul’s chapel in Westminster Abbey where his alabaster effigy lies next to that of his wife.
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William IV
William was a son of George III and Queen Charlotte. He and Queen Adelaide were crowned in Westminster Abbey on 8th September 1831.
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Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother was married and crowned in the Abbey and had her funeral here in 2002.
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Richard III
Richard III was crowned in the Abbey on 6th July 1483. Almost the entire peerage of England was present at what was a magnificent spectacle.
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Katherine Daughter of Henry III
Princess Katherine, young daughter of King Henry III is buried in Westminster Abbey.
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Prince Rupert of the Rhine
Soldier
Prince Rupert, Count Palatine of the Rhine and Duke of Cumberland and Bavaria, was buried on 6th December 1682 in a vault with his mother.
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Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales & family
Frederick Louis (or Lewis), Prince of Wales,son of George II, is buried in the royal vault in the Lady Chapel at Westminster Abbey with his wife Augusta and several children
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Thomas Blagge
Soldier
Colonel Thomas Blagge was buried in the north transept in November 1660. He was a groom of the bedchamber to Charles I and Charles II.
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Elizabeth Corbett and Mildred Hotham
On the north wall of St Margaret's is a tablet to Elizabeth Corbett and Lady Mildred Hotham. The epitaph verses were composed by Alexander Pope.
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Adrian Hope
Soldier
In the west aisle of the north transept of Westminster Abbey is a stone to Brigadier the Honorable Adrian Hope, who was killed in India.
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John Wynyard
Soldier
General John Wynyard is buried in the nave. When the nave floor was re-laid in 1834 his gravestone was taken up and replaced.
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Meinhard, 3rd Duke of Schomberg
Soldier
Meinhard Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg and Leinster, army officer, was buried in the Ormond vault at the east end of the Lady Chapel.