Burial places

The tomb of Oscar Wilde in Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, by Epstein

This is a list of the burial places of selected British LGBT people.

Greater London

• Brompton Cemetery:
  • Ernest Thesiger, actor, died 1961
• Covent Garden, St Paul's Church:
  • Michael Redgrave, actor, died 1985 (cremated at Mortlake Crematorium)
• Croydon Minster:
  • John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury, died 1604
• East Finchley cemetery:
  • Kenneth Williams, actor, died 1988 (ashes scattered)
• Golders Green crematorium:
  • Ivor Novello, composer and actor, died 1951 (cremated; ashes buried under a lilac tree).
  • Joe Orton, playwright, and his partner Kenneth Halliwell, died 1967 (cremated; ashes intermingled and scattered on the crocus lawn).
• Highgate Cemetery:
  • Mario Dubsky, artist, died 1985
  • Radclyffe Hall, novelist, died 1943 (with her partner Mabel Batten)
• Kensal Green Cemetery:
  • Henry Ainley, actor, died 1945
  • George Melly, writer, died 2007 (cremation)
  • Freddie Mercury, musician, died 1991 (cremated: location of ashes not disclosed)
  • Sir Terence Rattigan, playwright, died 1977
• Lambeth Cemetery:
  • Mark Ashton, gay rights activist, died 1987
• Mortlake Crematorium:
  • Kenny Everett, died 1995 (cremated)
  • Michael Redgrave, actor, died 1985 (cremated; ashes buried in St Paul's Covent Garden).
• Mortlake, St Mary Magdalen's RC churchyard:
  • Sir Richard Burton, died 1890
• Petersham, St Mary's churchyard:
  • Glyn Philpot, painter, died 1937
• Stanmore, St Lawrence's churchyard:
  • Long John Baldry, singer, died 2005 (cremated in Canada: ashes buried at Stanmore)
• Willesden, Jewish Cemetery:
  • Simeon Solomon, painter, died 1905

Rest of England

• Aldeburgh, Suffolk, St Peter and St Paul:
  • Benjamin Britten, composer, died 1976
  • Sir Peter Pears, singer, died 1986
• Bawdsey, Suffolk, St Mary's Church:
  • Roger Quilter, composer, died 1953
• Birmingham, Oratory House, Rednal:
  • John Henry Newman, cardinal, died 1890
• Broad Chalke, Wiltshire:
  • Christopher Wood, painter, died 1930
  • Sir Cecil Beaton, photographer, died 1980
• Gloucester Cathedral:
  • Edward II, king, died 1327
• Horsley, Northumberland, Holy Trinity Church:
  • Nancy Spain, broadcaster, died 1964
• Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, parish church:
  • Lord Byron, poet, died 1824
• Nymans, Sussex:
  • Oliver Messel
• Old Romney, Kent, St Clement's Church:
  • Derek Jarman, film maker, died 1994
• Rusthall, Kent, St Paul Churchyard:
  • Lord Ronald Gower, sculptor, and Frank Hird, Journalist, died 1915 and 1937
• Yaxley, Suffolk, St Mary's Churchyard:
  • Sir Frederick Ashton, choreographer, died 1988

Wales

• Llangollen, St Collen's Church:
  • Lady Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby, the Ladies of Llangollen, died 1829 and 1832

Channel Islands

• Jersey, St Brelade's Church:
  • Claude Cahun and Suzanne Malherbe, artists, died 1954 and 1972

Overseas

• Athens: First Cemetery:
  • T H White, novelist, died 1964
• Galata, Constantinople; former Church of the Dominican friars:
  • Sir John Clanvowe and Sir Richard Neville, died 1391 (tombstone now in the archaeological museum, Istanbul)
• Skyros, Greece:
  • Rupert Brooke, poet
• Paris: Père Lachaise Cemetery:
  • Oscar Wilde, playwright, died 1900

Photo gallery

• 
  Frederick Ashton, Yaxley
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  Long John Baldry, Stanmore
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  Sir Cecil Beaton, Broad Chalke
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  Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears, Aldebrough
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  Sir Richard Burton, Mortlake
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  Lord Byron, Hucknall
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  Claude Cahun and Suzanne Malherbe, Jersey
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  King Edward II, Gloucester
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  Radclyffe Hall and Mabel Batten, Highgate
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  Cardinal Newman and Fr Ambrose St John, Rednal
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  Ivor Novello, Golders Green
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  Glyn Philpot, Petersham
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  Ernest Thesiger, Brompton
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  Oscar Wilde, Paris
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  Christopher Wood, Broad Chalke

Further reading

• Peter Matthews, Who's buried where in London (Oxford: Shire Books Ltd, 2017).