Find A Grave - Westminster

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
Bevin, Ernest b. 1881 d. August 14, 1951
A famed British Labour politician and minister for labour in the coalition government during World War II.
Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Greater London, England
Plot: Nave
GPS coordinates: 51.5000801, -0.1292300 (hddd.dddd)
Blake, Robert b. 1599 d. August 7, 1657
British Naval Figure. Born in Somerset, he first came to prominence as a Member of Parliament for his home town, and joined the Parliamentary side when the English Civil War broke out. He fought at four seiges in the West Country and, at the end of the War, was appointed General At Sea. His first major exploit was to chase Prince Rupert's Fleet from Ireland to the Portuguese coast, where he virtually demolished the Royalist warships. He also captured the Scilly Isles, last Royalist outpost in...[Read More] (Bio by: Mark McManus)
St Margaret Churchyard, Westminster, Greater London, England
Plot: unmarked, plaque on exterior wall of church
Blake, Robert [original burial site] b. 1599 d. August 17, 1657
British Naval Figure. Born in Somerset, he first came to prominence as a Member of Parliament for his home town, and joined the Parliamentary side when the English Civil War broke out. He fought at four seiges in the West Country and, at the end of the War, was appointed General At Sea. His first major exploit was to chase Prince Rupert's Fleet from Ireland to the Portuguese coast, where he virtually demolished the Royalist warships. He also captured the Scilly Isles, last Royalist outpost in...[Read More] (Bio by: Mark McManus)
Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Greater London, England
Blakeney, William b. September, 1672 d. September 20, 1761
British Army General. The first Baron Blakeney, he was born at Mount Blakeney in County Limerick, Ireland, the eldest son of William and Elizabeth (Bowerman). He served in the army as General to King George II, and is reputed to have been the first to drill troops by signals of drums or colors. After service in the West Indies he went to Scotland and defeated a Jacobite assault on Stirling Castle. In 1747 he became Lieutenant-Governor of Minorca. This island fell to the French in 1756 after...[Read More] (Bio by: Always with Love)
Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Greater London, England
Blood, Thomas b. 1618 d. 1680
Colonel Thomas Blood was an Irish absentee landlord, bogus medical practioner and thief. He is most famous for almost successfully stealing the Crown Jewels from The Tower. He so impressed King Charles II that he escaped punishment and regained his estates. After his death his body was exhumed, as some suspected he had faked his death in order to escape paying law duties. His epitaph read "Here lies the man who boldly hath run through More villanies than England ever knew". (Bio by: Kieran Smith)
Christchurch Gardens, Westminster, Greater London, England
Plot: Public gardens now stand on cemetery location.
Blow, John b. February 23, 1649 d. October 1, 1708
Composer. He was the first distinguished musician to emerge from England's Restoration Period. Blow was organist of Westminster Abbey from 1669 to 1680, when he was replaced by his great pupil, Henry Purcell. He resumed the post after Purcell's death in 1695. In 1685 he was named a private musician to King James II, for whom he wrote his only stage work, the masque "Venus and Adonis" (c. 1687); he became choirmaster of St. Paul's Cathedral in 1687, and in 1699 was appointed to the...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Greater London, England
Plot: North Choir
Bond, Dennis d. August 30, 1658
One of Cromwell's Council
Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Greater London, England
Bracegirdle, Anne b. 1663 d. September 12, 1748
Actress. Born in the years between 1663 and 1671, records indicate that she was baptized in Northampton on November 15, 1671. She was reportedly raised under the care of the actor Thomas Betterton, who ran a company of players at the Cockpit in Drury Lane. Tradition has it that she made her stage debut in ‘The Orphan' at its first performance at Dorset Garden in 1680. Her name first appeared in the Lord Chamberlain's accounts in 1688 as a member of the United Company of players appearing in ‘...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Greater London, England
Plot: The Cloister
Bradford, Samuel b. December 20, 1652 d. May 17, 1731
Dean of Westminster and Bishop of Rochester. (Bio by: David Conway)
Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Greater London, England
Plot: North Transept
Bradshaw, John b. 1602 d. October 31, 1659
He was president of the tribunal which condemned Charles I to execution. On January 30, 1661, the anniversary of the execution of Charles I, his body was exhumed and his corpse was hanged from the gallows for a day and at evening the body was buried beneath the gibbet. His body probably still lies somewhere under what is now Connaught Square.
Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Greater London, England
Bradshaw, Mary [original burial site]
Wife of John Bradshaw. He was president of the tribunal which condemned Charles I to execution.
Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Greater London, England
Brandon, Frances b. July 16, 1517 d. November 21, 1559
English nobility, Duchess of Suffolk. The daughter of Princess Mary Rose Tudor, Dowager Queen of France and her second husband, Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk. She married Henry Grey, marquis of Dorset, in 1535. Frances was a ceaseless political schemer who used the advantage of her royal blood to the best of her ability. Both she and her husband were active in the schemes of John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, to prevent Princess Mary from taking the throne. When Frances' hopes of seeing...[Read More] (Bio by: VampireRed)
Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Greater London, England
Bridge, John Frederick [memorial] b. December 5, 1844 d. March 18, 1924
Composer. Organist of Westminster abbey, and composer (cantata 'Boadicea').
Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Greater London, England
Plot: The Cloisters
Bromley, Sir. Thomas b. 1530 d. April 12, 1587
Lord Chancellor who presided over the trial of Mary Queen of Scots and died as a result of the consequent stress. (Bio by: David Conway)
Cause of death: Nervous exhaustion
Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Greater London, England
Plot: St. Paul's Chapel
Brooks, Phillips [memorial] b. 1835 d. 1893
Brooks has been called "the greatest American preacher of the 19th Century." He attended the Boston Latin School, Harvard University (where Phillips Brooks House was named after him) and Episcopal Theological Seminary in Alexandria, Virginia. He became an Episcopal priest in 1860, and became Rector of the Church of the Advent, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was known for his support of freeing the slaves and allowing former slaves to vote. In 1869, he became Rector of Trinity Church in Boston...[Read More] (Bio by: Sue Modolo)
Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Greater London, England
Plot: St. Margaret's Church
Broughton, John [memorial] b. July 5, 1702 d. January 8, 1789
Sportsman. He introduced the first rules of modern boxing. Known as the father of English boxing, he was champion from 1729 until 1750 and was a pupil of James Figg. Broughton made his first appearance at George Taylor's booth at the "Adam and Eve" in London's Tottenham Court Road. He then went on to teach boxing at his arena known as "Broughton's Amphitheatre" in Oxford Road close to Oxford Street. The theatre was opened in March 1743 and in the same year Broughton introduced the first rules...[Read More] (Bio by: Kieran Smith)
Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Greater London, England
Plot: West Cloister
Browning, Robert b. May 7, 1812 d. December 12, 1889
Poet. Married fellow poet Elizabeth Barrett in 1846. He wrote 'The Ring and the Book', 'Dramtis Personae' and 'Strafford'. His last work, "Asolando" was published on the day of his death.
Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Greater London, England
Plot: Poet's Corner, alongside Tennyson
GPS coordinates: 51.5000801, -0.1292300 (hddd.dddd)
Buchan, William b. 1729 d. February 25, 1805
Medical Pioneer. Author of the first-ever book of home medicine, 'Domestic Medicine', which sold over 80,000 copies in his lifetime. (Bio by: David Conway)
Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Greater London, England
Plot: Cloisters
Bulwer-Lytton, Edward b. May 25, 1803 d. January 18, 1873
Author. He was the author of "The Caxtons", "The Last Days of Pompeii" and many other novels. He was also a member of Parliament for St. Ives and Lincoln.
Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Greater London, England
Plot: Chapel of St. Edmund

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