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Thomas Parr
Thomas Parr, from Shropshire, lived for 152 years and 9 months through the reigns of ten monarchs and was buried in Westminster Abbey by order of King Charles I.
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Richard Creed
Soldier
There are memorials to two people named Richard Creed in the south choir aisle of Westminster Abbey: Major Richard Creed and Lieutenant Richard Creed.
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James and Mary Kendall
Diplomat
James Kendall and his niece Mary are buried in Westminster Abbey. James Kendall, politician and governor of Barbados, is buried in the south choir aisle.
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Henry, Duke of Gloucester
Henry, Duke of Gloucester, son of Charles I, was buried in the south aisle of Henry VII's chapel in Westminster Abbey on 21st September 1660.
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Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence
A small gilt bronze statuette (or weeper) of Lionel, Duke of Clarence, can be seen on the tomb of his father Edward III.
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William, Duke of Cumberland
Soldier
Prince William, Duke of Cumberland, is buried with his parents and other family in the Hanoverian vault beneath the central aisle of Henry VII's chapel.
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Robert Burns
Poet and Composer
A marble bust of Scotland’s national poet Robert Burns is on the wall of Poets’ Corner near memorials to Shakespeare and Scottish poet James Thomson.
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Mary Trevor
Writer and Poet
Mary Trevor was buried in St John the Baptist's chapel in Westminster Abbey on 29th March 1780 aged 71. She was unmarried.
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George Montaigne (Mountain)
Dean and Priest/Minister
Dr George Mountaigne (or Mountain) was Dean of Westminster 1610-1617 but has no memorial at Westminster Abbey nor any portrait in the Deanery.
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John Savage
Writer and Priest/Minister
A memorial tablet to the Reverend John Savage was originally erected in the east cloister but has been moved to the Dark Cloister.
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Sir James Berners
Politician
Sir James Berners, Knight of the Chamber to Richard II, was buried in St John the Baptist's chapel. No inscription or monument was recorded.
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Letitia, Countess of Donegal
Letitia, Countess of Donegal was buried in a vault at the east end of the Lady Chapel on 15th May 1691. She has no monument.
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Richard Annesley, Lord Altham
Priest/Minister
The Reverend Dr Richard Annesley, Lord Altham was buried in St Benedict's chapel on 25th November 1701, next to the monument of Cardinal Simon Langham.
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Clement Attlee
Politician and Statesman
In the nave lie the ashes of Prime Minister and Labour Party leader, Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, KG, PC, OM, CH, FRS.
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Thomas Seymour
At the south east end of St Margaret's is a large marble monument, possibly by sculptor Epiphanius Evesham, to Thomas Seymour and his wife Isabel.
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Aaron Hill
Writer and Poet
Aaron Hill, poet and dramatist, was buried in the west cloister of Westminster Abbey on 18th February 1750 alongside his wife Margaret.
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Henry of Almayne
The heart of Henry of Almayne was preserved in a golden heart shrine on the south side of the Shrine of St Edward the Confessor.
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Henry Hope
Soldier
Brigadier General Henry Hope, Lieutenant Governor of Quebec in Canada, has a monument in the west aisle of the north transept of Westminster Abbey.
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Peregrine Bertie
On the north west wall of St Margaret's church Westminster is a memorial to Peregrine Bertie who died in 1721 and his wife Rachel.
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Robert Clive
Soldier
Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive of Plassey, has a memorial tablet in the south choir aisle. It was erected in 1919 by public subscription.