Burial places
Appearance
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, Brimingham:
- 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[1]
- Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris:
- Oscar Wilde, playwright, died 1900
References
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- ↑ Alan Bray, The Friend, pages 13–18.