Find A Grave - St John-at-Hampstead Churchyard

Barnard, Charlotte Alington b. December 23, 1830 d. January 30, 1869
Ballad Composer. Born in London, England. Died from Typhoid Fever in Dover, England. Married to Charles Barnard. Daughter of Solicitor Henry Alington Pye and Charlotte Yerburgh Pye.
St John-at-Hampstead Churchyard, Hampstead, Greater London, England
Baylis, Peter d. July 29, 2002
Motion Picture Producer. Produced films including "The Peaceful Years" (1948), starring Emlyn Williams) and "The Finest Hours" (1964), starring Patrick Wymark and Orson Welles. (Bio by: David Conway)
St John-at-Hampstead Churchyard, Hampstead, Greater London, England
Plot: Churchyard extension
Besant, Walter b. 1836 d. 1901
Influential social reformer and also a novelist, sometimes in collaboration with James Rice. Besant also finished Wilkie Collin's last novel, Blind Love, after the author died. He was knighted in 1895. (Bio by: Mark McManus)
St John-at-Hampstead Churchyard, Hampstead, Greater London, England
Constable, John b. June 11, 1776 d. March 31, 1837
Artist. Born at East Bergholt, Suffolk, the son of a prosperous merchant. After several years in the family business, he went to London in 1799 to study at the Royal Academy. In 1802 he exhibited at the Academy for the first time and he refused the position of drawing master at Great Marlow Military College. He chose instead to return to Suffolk in order to study landscapes, and scenes of ordinary daily life. His preference was, however, unfashionable and sold poorly. In order to support...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
St John-at-Hampstead Churchyard, Hampstead, Greater London, England
Cook, Peter b. November 17, 1937 d. January 9, 1995
Actor, Comedian. Born in Torquay, Devonshire, the son of Alec Cook, a diplomat, and his wife Margaret (nee Mayo), he was educated at Radley and Pembroke College, Cambridge. He intended to follow his father into the diplomatic corps but, while still attending the University, began writing sketches which were performed in the West End. After he graduated, he wrote and performed in "Beyond the Fringe" with Alan Bennett, Jonathan Miller and Dudley Moore. This ran for several years in both London...[Read More] (Bio by: Iain MacFarlaine)
St John-at-Hampstead Churchyard, Hampstead, Greater London, England
Plot: An unmarked plot in the cemetery extension
du Maurier, George b. March 6, 1834 d. October 8, 1898
Cartoonist and author of the sensational best-seller "Trilby," which features the evil Svengali.
St John-at-Hampstead Churchyard, Hampstead, Greater London, England
GPS coordinates: 51.5768814, -0.1803500 (hddd.dddd)
Farjeon, Eleanor b. February 13, 1881 d. June 5, 1965
Author who is best remembered for the lyrics to the song "Morning Has Broken". Eleanor Farjeon was born in London. Her father, Benjamin Leopold Farjeon, was a writer of Jewish descent. Her mother, Margaret, was the daughter of Joseph Jefferson, a well-known American actor who created the role of Rip Van Winkle. Eleanor was educated at home. At the age of four, she attended the opera and the theatre ; at the age of seven, she was writing stories on her father's typewriter. At sixteen, she wrote...[Read More] (Bio by: Iain MacFarlaine)
St John-at-Hampstead Churchyard, Hampstead, Greater London, England
Plot: H104 in the graveyard extension
Gaitskell, Hugh b. April 9, 1906 d. January 18, 1963
Leader of the British Labour Party.
St John-at-Hampstead Churchyard, Hampstead, Greater London, England
Harrison, John b. March 31, 1693 d. March 24, 1776
Inventor of the chronometer, which enabled the determination of longitude at sea. His orginial chronometers can still be seen at Greenwich Observatory.
St John-at-Hampstead Churchyard, Hampstead, Greater London, England
GPS coordinates: 51.5551414, -0.1810200 (hddd.dddd)
Joad, Cyril Edwin Mitchinson 'C.E.M.' b. August 12, 1891 d. April 9, 1953
Author. He was a philosopher. author, teacher and one of the best-known British radio personalities of the 1940's. He was born in Durham and was educated at Blundell's School in Tiverton, Devonshire, and at Balliol College, Oxford. At University, he developed the pacifist and socialist views which led him to become a conscientious objector in the First World War and an opponent of the Second. After sixteen years in the Civil Service, he retired in 1930 to become the Head of the Department of...[Read More] (Bio by: Iain MacFarlaine)
St John-at-Hampstead Churchyard, Hampstead, Greater London, England
Plot: Buried in the churchyard extension : J 91
Kendall (McCarthy), Kay (Justine) b. May 21, 1927 d. September 6, 1959
Actress. Born Justine Kendall McCarthy in Withernsea, England, the daughter of vaudevillian Terry McCarthy. She studied ballet and began her professional life with a music-hall tour in an act with her sister Kim. She made an uncredited film debut in ‘Fiddlers Three' in 1944. She then won a featured part in 1946's ‘London Town' which unfortunately proved to be one of the biggest flops in British film history and she returned to theatre and bit parts. After earning a contract with the J. Arthur...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Cause of death: Leukemia
St John-at-Hampstead Churchyard, Hampstead, Greater London, England
Plot: Section 6518
GPS coordinates: 51.5545998, -0.1803800 (hddd.dddd)
Knox, Edmund George Valpy 'Evoe' b. May 10, 1881 d. January 2, 1971
Poet and satirist, Knox was theÊeditor of Punch magazine from 1932 to 1948.
St John-at-Hampstead Churchyard, Hampstead, Greater London, England
Plot: Churchyard extension
Llewellyn Davies, George [memorial] b. 1893 d. March 15, 1915
One of the brothers on whom J. M. Barrie based the Darling family in 'Peter Pan'. Killed in action in the First World War. (Bio by: David Conway)
Cause of death: Killed in action.
St John-at-Hampstead Churchyard, Hampstead, Greater London, England
Plot: Churchyard extension
Llewelyn Davies, Michael b. June 16, 1900 d. May 19, 1921
One of the children on whom J. M. Barrie based the Darling family in 'Peter Pan'. Barrie photographed him costumed as Peter. Drowned swimming in the Thames whilst an undergraduate at Oxford. (Bio by: David Conway)
Cause of death: Drowned
St John-at-Hampstead Churchyard, Hampstead, Greater London, England
Plot: Churchyard extension
Orage, Alfred Richard b. January 22, 1873 d. November 6, 1934
Writer and editor, known principally for his editorship of the New Age Review, to which he attracted a galaxy of writers including G. B. Shaw and G. K. Chesterton. Later became involved with the mysticism of Ouspensky and Gurdjieff and the Social Credit theories of Major Douglas. (Bio by: David Conway)
St John-at-Hampstead Churchyard, Hampstead, Greater London, England
Plot: Churchyard extension
Perrin, Sir Michael Willcox b. September 13, 1905 d. August 18, 1988
Scientist - son of W. W. Perrin (q.v.). Deputy Controller Atomic Energy Authority 1946-1951 and gave evidence against the spy Klaus Fuchs at his trial.Chairman, Wellcome Foundation, 1953-1970 (Bio by: David Conway)
St John-at-Hampstead Churchyard, Hampstead, Greater London, England
Plot: Churchyard extension
Perrin, William Willcox b. 1848 d. June 20, 1934
Bishop of Columbia (Canada) (Bio by: David Conway)
St John-at-Hampstead Churchyard, Hampstead, Greater London, England
Plot: Churchyard extension
Reed, Langford b. 1889 d. March 11, 1954
Herbert Langford Reed was born in Clapham, South London, and was educated there and at Hove College. During the First World War, he served with the British Army in France. During the silent era, he scripted a dozen movies, and wrote the titles for Chaplin's "Chase Me Charlie" (1917), as well as directing two scenes in the absence of the Tramp. He was the author of several volumes, including "The Complete Limerick Book" (1924) and "The Indiscreet Limerick Book" (1925). Unfortunately, the...[Read More] (Bio by: Iain MacFarlaine)
St John-at-Hampstead Churchyard, Hampstead, Greater London, England
Plot: D35 in the churchyard extension
Rose, Gillian b. September 19, 1947 d. December 9, 1995
Professor of Philosophy at Warwick University, author of a number of works on philosophy and sociology and an outstanding memoir, 'Love's Work', published shortly before she died. (Bio by: David Conway)
St John-at-Hampstead Churchyard, Hampstead, Greater London, England
Plot: Churchyard extension
Shaw, Norman (Richard) b. 1831 d. 1912
One of the leading British architects of his generation. His masterpiece is probably New Scotland Yard, London.
St John-at-Hampstead Churchyard, Hampstead, Greater London, England

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