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

• 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
• 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
• Willesden, Jewish Cemetery:
  • Simeon Solomon, painter, died 1905

Rest of UK and dependencies

• Aldeburgh, St Peter and St Paul:
  • Benjamin Britten, composer, died 1976
  • Sir Peter Pears, singer, died 1986
• Bawdsey, St Mary's Church:
  • Roger Quilter, composer, died 1953
• Birmingham, Oratory House, Rednal:
  • John Henry Newman, cardinal, died 1890
• Gloucester Cathedral:
  • Edward II, king, died 1327
• Horsley, Northumberland, Holy Trinity Church:
  • Nancy Spain, broadcaster, died 1964
• Hucknall, parish church:
  • Lord Byron, poet, died 1824
• Jersey, St Brelade's Church:
  • Claude Cahun and Suzanne Malherbe, artists, died 1954 and 1972
• Llangollen, St Collen's Church:
  • Lady Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby, the Ladies of Llangollen, died 1829 and 1832
• Old Romney, St Clement's Church:
  • Derek Jarman, film maker, died 1994
• Rusthall, St Paul Churchyard:
  • Lord Ronald Gower, sculptor, and Frank Hird, Journalist, died 1915 and 1937

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)
• Paris: Père Lachaise Cemetery:
  • Oscar Wilde, playwright, died 1900

Photo gallery

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  Tomb of King Edward II, Gloucester
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  Tomb of Oscar Wilde, Paris

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