Burials Burials and memorials in Westminster Abbey

1 burials

1.1 monarchs , consorts
1.2 other monarchs , consorts
1.3 nave
1.4 north transept
1.5 south transept
1.6 cloisters
1.7 north choir aisle
1.8 south choir aisle
1.9 ambulatory chapels

1.9.1 st. john baptist chapel
1.9.2 st. nicholas chapel

1.9.2.1 northumberland vault


1.9.3 st paul s chapel
1.9.4 other ambulatory chapels


1.10 henry vii s lady chapel

burials

see also: category:burials @ westminster abbey

monarchs , consorts


audio description of shrine of edward confessor john hall

the following english, scottish , british monarchs , consorts buried in abbey:

sæberht of essex
st edward confessor , wife, edith of wessex
henry iii of england
edward of england , wife, eleanor of castile
edward iii of england , wife, philippa of hainault
richard ii of england , wife, anne of bohemia
henry v of england , wife, catherine of valois
edward v of england
anne neville, wife of richard iii
henry vii of england , wife, elizabeth of york
edward vi of england
anne of cleves, wife of king henry viii
mary of england


elizabeth of england shown on tomb



elizabeth of england


in 19th century researchers looking tomb of james partially opened underground vault containing remains of elizabeth , mary of england. lead coffins stacked, elizabeth s resting on top of half-sister s.


james vi & of scotland england , ireland , wife, anne of denmark


the position of tomb of james of england lost several centuries. in 19th century, following excavation of many of vaults beneath floor, lead coffin found in henry vii vault.


charles ii of england , scotland
mary ii of england , scotland
william iii of england , ii of scotland
anne, queen of great britain , husband, prince george of denmark
george ii of great britain , wife, caroline of ansbach

other monarchs , consorts

mary, queen of scots, mother of james vi & i
elizabeth of bohemia, daughter of james vi & i

nave

the following buried in nave:

north transept

the following buried in north transept:

robert stewart, viscount castlereagh
george canning
charles john canning, 1st earl canning
william pitt, 1st earl of chatham
charles james fox
william ewart gladstone
henry grattan
edmund crouchback, 1st earl of lancaster
william pitt younger
sir john malcolm
william murray, 1st earl of mansfield
sir hugh vaughan
william wilberforce

south transept

poets corner

the following buried in south transept known poets corner:

cloisters

the cloister , garth

the following buried in cloisters:

edmund ayrton
aphra behn
gen. john burgoyne
muzio clementi
benjamin cooke
robert cooke
percy dearmer
lord fraser of lonsdale
howard nixon
john parsons
johann peter salomon
william shield
herbert thorndike
john thorndike
william turner
james wright

north choir aisle

the following buried in north choir aisle:

john blow
henry purcell
john robinson
ralph vaughan williams
william sterndale bennett

south choir aisle

the following buried in south choir aisle:

andrew bell
james kendall
sir paul methuen
admiral sir cloudesley shovell
dame sybil thorndike
charles whitworth, 1st baron whitworth

ambulatory chapels

the following buried in ambulatory chapels:

st. john baptist chapel

sir thomas cecil, 1st earl of exeter, kg, lord burghley (d. 1623)
lady dorothy neville cecil (d. 1608; 1st wife of sir thomas cecil, daughter of john neville, 4th baron latimer)

st. nicholas chapel
northumberland vault

list of burials:

george seymour, viscount beauchamp (d. 1745; son of algernon seymour, 7th duke of somerset)
algernon seymour, 7th duke of somerset (d. 1750)
frances percy, neé thynne, duchess of somerset, (d. 1754; widow of 7th duke)
lady elizabeth anne frances percy, (d. 1761; daughter of 1st duke of northumberland)
elizabeth percy, neé seymour, duchess of northumberland (d.1776)
lady elizabeth percy, (d. 1779; daughter of algernon percy, 1st earl of beverley, @ time styled lord algernon percy)
lady charlotte percy, (d. 1781; daughter of hugh percy, 2nd duke of northumberland, @ time styled earl percy)
hugh percy, 1st duke of northumberland, (d. 1786)
lord henry percy, (d. 1794; son of hugh percy, 2nd duke of northumberland)
lady louisa margaret percy, (d. 1796; daughter of algernon percy, 1st earl of beverley)
lord algernon james percy, (d. 1805; son of george percy, 5th duke of northumberland, @ time styled lord lovaine)
lord henry algernon pitt percy, (d. 1809; son of george percy, 5th duke of northumberland, @ time styled lord lovaine)
lady margaret percy, (d. 1810; daughter of george percy, 5th duke of northumberland, @ time styled lord lovaine)
isabella susanna percy, neé burrell, countess of beverley, (d. 1810; widow of algernon percy, 1st earl of beverley)
hugh percy, 2nd duke of northumberland (d. 1817)
lady elizabeth percy, (d. 1820; daughter of hugh percy, 2nd duke of northumberland)
frances julia percy, neé burrell, duchess of northumberland, (d. 1820; 2nd wife of 2nd duke of northumberland)
hugh percy, 3rd duke of northumberland (d. 1847)
lady agnes buller, neé percy, (d. 1856; daughter of hugh percy, 2nd duke of northumberland; wife of major general f.t. buller)
algernon percy, 4th duke of northumberland (d. 1865)
charlotte florentia percy, neé clive, duchess of northumberland, (d. 1866)
george percy, 5th duke of northumberland, (d. 1867)
general lord henry hugh manvers percy vc kcb, (d. 1877)
lady louisa percy, (d. 1883; daughter of george percy, 5th duke of northumberland)
louisa percy, neé drummond, duchess of northumberland, (d. 1890; wife of algernon george percy, 6th duke of northumberland)
algernon george percy, 6th duke of northumberland, (d. 1899)
alan ian percy, 8th duke of northumberland (d. 1930)
helen magdalen percy, neé gordon-lennox, duchess of northumberland, (d. 1965)
hugh algernon percy, 10th duke of northumberland, (d. 1988)
elizabeth diana percy, neé montagu douglas scott, duchess of northumberland, (d. 2012) ashes interred

st paul s chapel

katherine percy, neé neville, countess of northumberland, (d. 1596; daughter of john neville, 4th baron latimer; wife of henry percy, 8th earl of northumberland)

other ambulatory chapels

robert aytoun
eleanor de bohun
anne of cleves
lionel cranfield, 1st earl of middlesex
john of eltham, earl of cornwall
sir rowland hill
simon langham
edward talbot, 8th earl of shrewsbury
william de valence, 1st earl of pembroke
catherine of valois
george villiers, 1st duke of buckingham
katherine villiers, duchess of buckingham

henry vii s lady chapel

the following buried in henry vii s chapel:

antoine philippe, duke of montpensier, brother of french king louis-philippe i
joseph addison (buried in vault in north aisle; white marble statue in poets corner)
margaret douglas, countess of lennox (buried, son charles, in tomb in south aisle)
hugh dowding, 1st baron dowding
george monck, 1st duke of albemarle (also memorial henry vii chapel, south aisle)
george savile, 1st marquess of halifax
prince william, duke of gloucester (son of queen anne)
viscount trenchard
maj. gen. charles worsley (no memorial remains)




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^ cite error: named reference northumberland invoked never defined (see page).