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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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Frances and Charles Burney
Writer, Novelist, Musician and Priest/Minister
In a window in Poets’ Corner is a memorial panel to Fanny Burney. Her father Charles, musician, has a memorial in the north choir aisle.
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David & Eva Garrick
Actor
On the west wall of Poets' Corner is a monument to the famous actor David Garrick, not far from his grave. By H. Webber.
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Sermon Given at Matins on the Eleventh Sunday after Trinity 2016
Sunday, 7th August 2016
Sermon given by The Reverend Dr Paul Edmondson, Head of Research, The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.
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Unknown Warrior
At the west end of the Nave is the grave of the Unknown Warrior, whose body was brought from France to be buried in 1920.
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Sermon Given at Evensong on the Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity 2017
Sunday, 22nd October 2017
Sermon given by The Reverend David Stanton Canon in Residence.
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Sermon at the Evening Service on Easter Day 2018
Sunday, 1st April 2018
Sermon given by The Reverend Dr Tony Kyriakides, Priest Vicar.
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Address at the Evening Service on the Twelfth Sunday after Trinity 2018
Sunday, 19th August 2018
Address at the Evening Service on the Twelfth Sunday after Trinity 2018: ‘I sought my soul, but my soul I could not see; I sought my God, but my God eluded me..
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Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Dedication of Westminster Abbey 2018
Sunday, 14th October 2018
Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Dedication of Westminster Abbey 2018: May we commit ourselves to dedicate our lives to the service of God in Christ and to the service of.
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Sermon given at Evensong on the Third Sunday of Lent 2022
Sunday, 20th March 2022
Sermon given at Evensong on the Third Sunday of Lent 2022: The story of Jacob’s ladder is one which has a fascinating reception history. On Christmas Day 1950, a remarkable theft was.
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Sermon given at Evensong on the Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity 2022
Sunday, 25th September 2022
Sermon given at Evensong on the Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity 2022: George Herbert Two of this month’s sermons at Evensong are based upon religious figures educated (at different times) at Westminster School.
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Sermon preached on the feast of the Translation of St Edward the Confessor, 2023
Friday, 13th October 2023
Sermon preached on the feast of the Translation of St Edward the Confessor, 2023: This is an astonishing place, and today we honour the Saint whose gift it is. On this day,.
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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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One People Oration 2017
Monday, 6th November 2017
Speaker: Sir John Major; Chair: The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster
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Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the First Sunday of Advent 2022
Sunday, 27th November 2022
Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the First Sunday of Advent 2022: Is the coming of the Son of Man at an unexpected hour a threat or a promise? Is the.
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26th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture
Thursday, 26th May 2011
Delivered by Richard Chartres KCVO, Bishop of London at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 26th May 2011 and at Keble College, Oxford on Friday 27th May 2011.
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George W. Childs
Philanthropist
George William Childs of Philadelphia USA donated a stained glass window to religious poets George Herbert and William Cowper in St George's chapel.
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A gathering place of nation and Commonwealth
A reflection for Holy Week by the Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle, Dean of Westminster
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Nathaniel Rogers
Doctor
Dr Nathaniel Rogers, physician, presented a small stained glass window to Westminster Abbey. The window is in the east aisle of the south transept.
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William Gifford
Writer
William Gifford, critic and editor of Quarterly Review, is buried in the south transept. His friend John Ireland, Dean of Westminster, was buried with him.