Find A Grave - Westminster Abbey

Adam, Robert b. July 3, 1728 d. March 3, 1792
Architect. One of the most prominent architects of 18th century Great Britian, he was appointed as the Royal Architect of the King's Works, serving from 1761 to 1769.
Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Greater London, England
Plot: South Transept
Addison, Joseph b. May 1, 1672 d. June 17, 1719
English Essayist, Poet, Playwright, and Politician. He is best remembered for his fictional play "Cato, a Tragedy," based on the last days of Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis (or Cato the Younger), the renowned Roman statesman and politician. He was born in Milston, Wiltshire, England, the oldest son of a minister and received his education at Charterhouse School at Godalming, Surrey, England and at the Queen's College, Oxford, where he excelled in his academics. In 1694 he published his first...[Read More] (Bio by: William Bjornstad)
Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Greater London, England
Plot: north aisle of the Henry VII Chapel
Allenby, Edmund Henry Hynmen b. April 23, 1861 d. May 14, 1936
British Army Field Marshal. Born in Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England, he graduated form the Royal Military College at Sandhurst in 1882 and was commissioned an officer in the British Army. As a Colonel in 1899, he commanded a regiment in the South African 2nd Boer War, where made his reputation as an officer in action and was known to his troops as "the Bull". Promoted a Major General at the start of World War I, he went to France where commanded the V Corps and the 3rd Army and was...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Greater London, England
Plot: Nave
GPS coordinates: 51.5000801, -0.1292300 (hddd.dddd)
Andre, John b. May 2, 1750 d. October 2, 1780
Revolutionary War British Army Officer. Born in London, England to Huguenot parents, he was educated in Geneva, Switzerland, and returned to London in 1767. He was a charismatic and charming man, noted for his manners, and was fluent in French, English, German and Italian. He could draw well, and painted, wrote poetry, and played a flute. After a failed courtship, he joined the British Army, in 1770. He was commissioned a Lieutenant on March 4, 1771, studying in Germany for two years. In 1774...[Read More]
Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Greater London, England
Plot: The Nave
Anne I b. February 6, 1665 d. August 1, 1714
British Monarch. Last of the Stuart dynasty. The second daughter of James II and his first wife Anne Hyde, Anne acceded in 1702 following the death of her brother-in-law William III of Orange. She married Prince George of Denmark on July 28, 1683 at St. James Palace. During Anne's reign the two-party system of politics (Whigs & Tories) was born, and in 1707 England and Scotland were fully united into Great Britain. Anne, like the other Stuarts before her, relied heavily upon court favourites...[Read More] (Bio by: VampireRed)
Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Greater London, England
Plot: Buried next to her husband, Prince George
Anne of Bohemia b. May 11, 1366 d. June 7, 1394
English Monarch. Queen consort of King Richard II. The daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV and Elizabeth of Pomerania. She married Richard on January 22, 1383. Most biographers agree that theirs was a very successful marriage, and the couple was very much in love. Despite having 12 years together, they were childless. Anne was struck with plague and died at the age of 28. Reportedly, her husband was wild with grief, and even allegedly struck a funeral guest for arriving late and thus...[Read More] (Bio by: VampireRed)
Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Greater London, England
Anne of Cleves b. September 22, 1515 d. July 16, 1557
English Monarch. She was the 4th wife of English King Henry VIII and Queen of England from January 6, 1540 to July 9, 1540. Their marriage was strictly political and there never was any romantic affection between them. She was born in Dusseldorf of present-day Germany, the second daughter of John III of the House of La Marek, Duke of Cleves and his wife Maria, Duchess of Julich-Berg. She was raised in Schlossburg on the edge of Solingen, in present-day Germany. In 1527 she was "unofficially"...[Read More] (Bio by: William Bjornstad)
Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Greater London, England
Plot: Entombed behind a wall of chairs
GPS coordinates: 51.5000801, -0.1292300 (hddd.dddd)
Anne of Denmark b. October 14, 1574 d. March 4, 1619
British, Scottish Monarch. The daughter of Frederick II of Denmark and Sophia of Mecklenburg, she married King James VI of Scotland by proxy in August of 1589 and in person on November 23 of that year. She was unpopular with the people of Scotland, and when James ascended the throne of England as James I in 1603, she caused great embarrassment when she refused to take Anglican communion during their coronation. She had 8 children, only 3 survived infancy. As her husband had definite homosexual...[Read More] (Bio by: VampireRed)
Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Greater London, England
Arnold, Samuel b. August 10, 1740 d. October 22, 1802
Composer, Organist, Music Editor. He was England's most prolific creator of stage music in the late 1700s. His comic opera "The Maid of the Mill" (1765) stayed in the repertory for nearly a century and some of its arias attained the status of popular songs. Arnold's 90 other operas and afterpieces (encore works) include "Tom Jones" (1769), "The Castle of Andalusia" (1782), "Turk and No Turk" (1785), and "The Mountaineers" (1795). He also wrote the dramatic oratorios "Saul" (1767), "The...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Greater London, England
Ashcroft, Peggy (Edith Margaret Emily Hutchinson) b. December 22, 1907 d. June 14, 1991
Actress. Born Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft in Croydon, Surrey, England. After graduation from London's Central School of Dramatic Art, Ashcroft made her stage debut in the Birmingham Repertory's production of Dear Brutus in 1926, and her London debut a year later. She first gained recognition, however, for her portrayal Naomi in Jew Süss in 1929. She earned star status after a production of Romeo and Juliet in 1935 where hers was lauded as the finest portrayal of Juliet in the 20th century. A...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Cause of death: Stroke
Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Greater London, England
Plot: Poets Corner
Attlee, Clement b. January 3, 1883 d. October 8, 1967
British Prime Minister. Served as Prime Minister of Great Britian from 1945 to 1951, and enacted many social reforms.
Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Greater London, England
Plot: North aisle
Augusta of Saxe-Gotha b. November 30, 1719 d. February 8, 1772
British and German Royalty. Born Auguste, Prinzessin von Sachsen-Gotha-Altenbur, the daughter of Friedrich II Herzog von Sachen-Gotha-Altenburg and Magdalena Augusta von Anhalt-Zerbst. In April 1736, at the age of 16, she married Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales, who was a dozen years her senior, at St James Palace in London. As a result of her marriage she was styled Princess Augusta of Wales. The couple produced nine children, including their eldest son, the future George III. Throughout her...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Greater London, England
Baldwin, Stanley [memorial] b. August 3, 1867 d. December 13, 1947
British Prime Minister. 1st Earl of Bewdley, K.G., P.C. was the leading Conservative politician between the two world wars and served as Prime Minister of Great Britian for three terms (1923 to 1924, 1924 to 1929 and 1935 to 1937).
Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Greater London, England
Plot: Cremated at Golders Green, buried in the Nave
GPS coordinates: 51.5000801, -0.1292300 (hddd.dddd)
Balfe, Michael [memorial] b. May 5, 1808 d. October 20, 1870
Composer, Singer. His fame rests on his opera "The Bohemian Girl" (1843), a colorful melodrama about a band of gypsies who kidnap a nobleman's daughter and raise her as their own. Its soprano aria "I Dreamt I Dwelled in Marble Halls" is a standard recital piece. Balfe was born in Dublin, the son of a dancing master. He was taught the violin as a child and his first job was in the orchestra of London's Drury Lane Theatre. Possessing a fine baritone voice, he made his operatic debut in 1823 and...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Cause of death: Asthma
Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Greater London, England
Plot: North Choir
Banks, Thomas [memorial]
Sculptor.
Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Greater London, England
Plot: The Nave
GPS coordinates: 51.5000801, -0.1292300 (hddd.dddd)
Beaufort, Margaret b. May 31, 1443 d. June 29, 1509
English Aristocracy. Born the daughter of John Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, the son of John, Earl of Somerset who was himself the son of John of Gaunt by his mistress, Catherine Swynford; a bloodline that would be the basis of the family's tenuous claim to the English throne. While still a child, she was contracted to marry John de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk, but the contract was later dissolved. At the age of about fourteen, she married Edmund Tudor, Earl of Richmond. They had one child, Henry...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Greater London, England
Plot: Chapel of Henry VII
Beaumont, Francis b. 1584 d. March 6, 1616
Dramatist, Poet. The younger half of the English playwrighting team of Beaumont and Fletcher, famed for their tragicomedies, a hybrid genre they successfully revived on the Jacobean stage. Their work foreshadowed and influenced later Restoration drama. Among the dozen or so plays attributed to them are "The Woman Hater" (1606), "Philaster, or Love Lies a-Bleeding" (c. 1609), "The Maid's Tragedy" (c. 1609), "A King and No King" (1611), and "The Scornful Lady" (c. 1613). Of Beaumont's solo...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Greater London, England
Plot: Poets Corner, name on Abraham Cowley's grave marker, actual grave is unmarked [unmarked]
GPS coordinates: 51.5000801, -0.1292300 (hddd.dddd)
Behn, Aphra b. December, 1640 d. April 10, 1689
Author. The first woman known to earned a living by writing. Her best known play is 'the Rover' and her best-known novel 'Oroonoko' , claimed to be 'the first philosophical novel in English'. Spied for England during the Dutch Wars of 1675-1677, after which her poverty (which led her to the debtor's prison) drove her to writing. 'Here lies a proof that wit can never be/Defence enough against mortality.'
Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Greater London, England
Plot: The Cloister
Bennett, William Sterndale b. April 13, 1816 d. February 1, 1875
Composer.
Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Greater London, England
Plot: Nave
Betterton, Thomas b. August 11, 1635 d. April 28, 1710
Actor. He excelled in Shakespeare's characters of Hamlet, Othello, Brutus and Hotspur. In 1662 he married Mary Saunderson, also an actress. (Bio by: MC)
Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Greater London, England

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