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^[1]
Stanmore, St lawrence's churchyard:
- Long John Baldry, singer, died 2005.
Willesden, Jewish Cemetery:
- Simeon Solomon, painter, died 1905

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

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

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

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)^[2]
Skyros, Greece:
- Rupert Brooke, poet
Paris: Père Lachaise Cemetery:
- Oscar Wilde, playwright, died 1900