Burial places

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

Greater London

• Croydon Minster:
  • John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury, died 1604
• East Finchley cemetery:
  • Kenneth Williams, actor, died 1988 (ashes scattered)
• Highgate Cemetery:
  • Mario Dubsky, artist, died 1985
  • Radclyffe Hall, novelist, died 1943
• Jewish Cemetery, Willesden:
  • Simeon Solomon, painter, died 1905
• Kensal Green Cemetery:
  • Henry Ainley, actor, died 1945
  • Sir Terence Rattigan, playwright, died 1977
  • Freddie Mercury, musician, died 1991 (cremated: location of ashes not disclosed)
• Lambeth Cemetery:
  • Mark Ashton, gay rights activist, died 1987

Rest of UK and dependencies

• Gloucester Cathedral:
  • Edward II, king, died 1327
• Hucknall parish church, Nottinghamshire:
  • Lord Byron, poet, died 1824
• Oratory House, Rednall, Birmingham:
  • John Henry Newman, cardinal, died 1890
• St Brelade's Church, Jersey:
  • Claude Cahun and Suzanne Malherbe, artists, died 1954 and 1972
• St Clement's Church, Old Romney:
  • Derek Jarman, film maker, died 1994
• St Collen's Church, Llangollen:
  • Lady Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby, the Ladies of Llangollen, died 1829 and 1832
• St Peter and St Paul, Aldeburgh:
  • Benjamin Britten, composer, died 1976
  • Sir Peter Pears, singer, died 1986

Overseas

• Church of the Dominican friars, Galata, Constantinople:
  • Sir John Clanvowe and Sir Richard Neville, died 1391 (tombstone now in the archaeological museum, Istanbul
• Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris:
  • Oscar Wilde, playwright, died 1900

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