List of burial places of prime ministers of the United Kingdom

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This is a list of burial places of prime ministers of the United Kingdom.

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Prime ministers are typically buried or interred in a place associated with them or, traditionally, their aristocratic family seat. Eight prime ministers have been buried in Westminster Abbey, and several more have declined that honour; 14 prime ministers have been buried in London (and only one, the Duke of Wellington, in the City of London, in St Paul's Cathedral). The majority of prime ministers (40) have been buried in England, with six in Scotland, and one, David Lloyd George, in Wales. All prime ministers have been buried on the British mainland except two, John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute and Harold Wilson. Eight prime ministers who held office in the 20th century were cremated before their ashes were buried or scattered elsewhere.

List

NamePlace of burial or intermentImage
Sir Robert Walpole
(1676–1745)
Church of St Martin, Houghton, Norfolk [1] St Martin of Tours, Houghton (geograph 4137933).jpg
Spencer Compton,
1st Earl of Wilmington

(1673–1743)
The Estate Chapel, Compton Wynyates, Warwickshire [2] Compton Wynyates - geograph.org.uk - 1351462.jpg
Henry Pelham
(1694–1754)
All Saints' Church, Laughton, East Sussex [3] All Saints Church, Laughton - geograph.org.uk - 1031347.jpg
Thomas Pelham-Holles,
1st Duke of Newcastle

(1693–1768)
All Saints' Church, Laughton, East Sussex [4] All Saints Church, Laughton - geograph.org.uk - 1031347.jpg
William Cavendish,
4th Duke of Devonshire

(1720–1764)
Derby Cathedral, Derby, Derbyshire [5] Derby Cathedral England.JPG
John Stuart,
3rd Earl of Bute

(1713–1792)
Bute Mausoleum, St Mary's Chapel, Rothesay, Isle of Bute, Argyll and Bute [6] Mausoleum, High Kirk of Rothesay, Isle of Bute (geograph 5894980).jpg
George Grenville
(1712–1770)
Wotton Underwood, Buckinghamshire [7] All Saints church, Wotton Underwood - geograph.org.uk - 2026177.jpg
Charles Watson-Wentworth,
2nd Marquess of Rockingham

(1730–1782)
York Minster, York, Yorkshire [8] Memorial to Thomas Watson Wentworth in York Minster.JPG
William Pitt the Elder,
1st Earl of Chatham

(1708–1778)
Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London [9] Monument to William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, Westminster Abbey 02.jpg
Augustus FitzRoy,
3rd Duke of Grafton

(1735–1811)
St. Genevieve's Church, Euston, Suffolk [10] Euston church.jpg
Frederick North,
Lord North

(1732–1792)
All Saints' Church, Wroxton, Oxfordshire [11] All Saints Church, Wroxton - geograph.org.uk - 1771681.jpg
William Petty-FitzMaurice,
2nd Earl of Shelburne

(1737–1805)
All Saints' Church, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [12] Shelburne memorial, All Saints High Wycombe.jpg
William Cavendish-Bentinck,
3rd Duke of Portland

(1738–1809)
St Marylebone Parish Church, Marylebone, London [13] 3DukePortlandPlaque.jpeg
William Pitt the Younger
(1759–1806)
Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London [9] Pitt monument, Westminster Abbey.jpg
Henry Addington
(1757–1844)
St Mary the Virgin, Mortlake, Richmond Upon Thames, London [14] St Mary the Virgin Church exterior, Mortlake.jpg
William Wyndham Grenville,
1st Lord Grenville

(1759–1834)
Burnham, Buckinghamshire [15] Burnham, St Peter's Church - geograph.org.uk - 1118895.jpg
Spencer Perceval
(1762–1812)
St Luke's Church, Charlton, London [16] Memorial to Spencer Perceval, St Luke's church, Charlton.jpg
Robert Banks Jenkinson,
2nd Earl of Liverpool

(1770–1828)
Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Hawkesbury Upton, South Gloucestershire [17] Hawkesbury Church (St. Mary the Virgin) (20981009176).jpg
George Canning
(1770–1827)
Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London [5] George, Charles & Stratford Canning statues in Westminster Abbey.jpg
Frederick John Robinson,
1st Viscount Goderich

(1782–1859)
All Saints' Church, Nocton, Lincolnshire [18] 2007 May 26 - Nocton Hall Remains.jpeg
Arthur Wellesley,
1st Duke of Wellington

(1769–1852)
St Paul's Cathedral, London [19] Tomb Wellington.jpg
Charles Grey,
2nd Earl Grey

(1764–1845)
St Michael and all Angels Church, Howick, Northumberland [20] The Grave of Earl Grey - geograph.org.uk - 385392.jpg
William Lamb,
2nd Viscount Melbourne

(1779–1848)
St Etheldreda's Church, Hatfield, Hertfordshire [19] ViscountMelbournePlaque.jpg
Sir Robert Peel
(1788–1850)
St Peter's Church, Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire [21] St. Peter's Church, Drayton Bassett - geograph.org.uk - 967399.jpg
Lord John Russell
(1792–1878)
St Michael's Church, Chenies, Buckinghamshire [22] St Michael, Chenies, Bucks - geograph.org.uk - 333320.jpg
Edward Smith-Stanley,
14th Earl of Derby

(1799–1869)
St Mary's Church, Knowsley, Merseyside [23] St Mary's Church, Knowsley Village (1).JPG
George Hamilton-Gordon,
4th Earl of Aberdeen

(1784–1860)
St John's Church, Stanmore, Harrow, London [24] Stanmore, The Church of St John the Evangelist - geograph.org.uk - 2502467.jpg
Henry John Temple,
3rd Viscount Palmerston

(1784–1865)
Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London [25] Statue of Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Westminster Abbey 01.jpg
Benjamin Disraeli
(1804–1881)
St Michael and All Angels Church, Hughenden, Nr High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [26] The Primrose Tomb - geograph.org.uk - 154226.jpg
William Ewart Gladstone
(1809–1898)
Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London [27] Gladstonegrave.jpg
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil,
3rd Marquess of Salisbury

(1830–1903)
St Etheldreda's churchyard, Hatfield, Hertfordshire [28] St Etheldreda, Hatfield, Herts - Salisbury Chapel - tomb of the 3rd Marquess of Salisbury.jpg
Archibald Primrose,
5th Earl of Rosebery

(1847–1929)
Dalmeny churchyard, Dalmeny, City of Edinburgh [29] Dalmeny Parish Church - geograph.org.uk - 1953511.jpg
Arthur Balfour
(1848–1930)
Whittingehame Church, Whittingehame, East Lothian [30] Whittingehame Parish Church - geograph.org.uk - 425343.jpg
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
(1836–1908)
Meigle churchyard, Meigle, Perth and Kinross, Angus [31] Meigle Parish Church.jpg
H. H. Asquith
(1852–1928)
All Saints' Church, Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire [32] Asquith's tomb, All Saints church, Sutton Courtenay - geograph.org.uk - 362223.jpg
David Lloyd George
(1863–1945)
Grave of David Lloyd George, on a bank of the Afon Dwyfor near Llanystumdwy, Gwynedd [33] DavidLloydGeorgeGrave.JPG
Bonar Law
(1858–1923)
Ashes interred at Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London [34] Grave of Andrew Bonar Law in Westminster Abbey.jpg
Stanley Baldwin
(1867–1947)
Ashes interred at Worcester Cathedral, Worcester, Worcestershire [35] Worcester Cathedral Baldwin of Bewdley grave.jpg
Ramsay MacDonald
(1866–1937)
Ashes interred in the kirkyard of the Holy Trinity Church, Spynie, Moray [36] The Grave of James Ramsay Macdonald - geograph.org.uk - 1063063.jpg
Neville Chamberlain
(1869–1940)
Ashes interred at Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London [34] Neville Chamberlain floorstone, Westminster Abbey.jpg
Winston Churchill
(1874–1965)
St Martin's Church, Bladon, Oxfordshire [37] Churchills Grave.jpg
Clement Attlee
(1883–1967)
Ashes interred at Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London [38] Clement Attlee floor stone, Westminster Abbey.jpg
Sir Anthony Eden
(1897–1977)
St Mary's, Alvediston, Wiltshire [19] Tomb of Anthony Eden, Earl of Avon 1897-1977 - geograph.org.uk - 314379.jpg
Harold Macmillan
(1894–1986)
St Giles' Church, Horsted Keynes, West Sussex [39] St Giles' Church, Horsted Keynes (Macmillan Family Grave).JPG
Sir Alec Douglas-Home
(1903–1995)
Lennel churchyard, Coldstream, Scottish Borders [40] Lennel Church - geograph.org.uk - 284373.jpg
Harold Wilson
(1916–1995)
St Mary's Old Church, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, Cornwall [41] Harold Wilson's grave St Mary's, Old Town - geograph org uk - 934336 (cropped).jpg
Edward Heath
(1916–2005)
Ashes interred at Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury, Wiltshire [42] Edward Heath monument.jpg
James Callaghan
(1912–2005)
Ashes scattered around the base of the Peter Pan statue at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London [43] Great Ormond Street Hospital, Peter Pan statue.jpg
Margaret Thatcher
(1925–2013)
Ashes interred at Royal Hospital Chelsea, Chelsea, London [44] MTgrave2.jpeg

See also

Notes

  1. WalODNB.
  2. CompODNB.
  3. PelODNB.
  4. ThPelODNB.
  5. 1 2 CavODNB.
  6. ButeODNB.
  7. GrenODNB.
  8. RockODNB.
  9. 1 2 "William Pitt and Family". Westminster Abbey.
  10. GrafODNB.
  11. NorODNB.
  12. "Our heritage". All Saints High Wycombe. Archived from the original on 2013-04-06. Retrieved 2013-04-12.
  13. PortODNB.
  14. "St Mary the Virgin - A historical guide" (PDF). Mortlake Parish.
  15. GrenBarODNB.
  16. SpenODNB.
  17. "Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Hawkesbury". British Listed Buildings.
  18. GodeODNB.
  19. 1 2 3 Lynn F. Pearson (4 March 2008). Discovering Famous Graves. Osprey Publishing. pp. 41, 52, 113. ISBN   978-0-7478-0619-6 . Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  20. "Howick Hall Gardens -The Church". Howick Hall Gardens.
  21. PeelODNB.
  22. RussODNB.
  23. "Knowsley Local History - Derby Chapel". Knowsley Local History.
  24. "History of The Churches of Great Stanmore". St John's Church Stanmore.
  25. PalmODNB.
  26. Robert J. Wilson (2001). Walking in Buckinghamshire. Cicerone Press Limited. p. 93. ISBN   978-1-85284-301-4 . Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  27. "William and Catherine Gladstone". Westminster Abbey.
  28. The Railway Magazine. IPC Business Press. 1908. p. 338. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  29. RoseODNB.
  30. Eugene L. Rasor (1998). Arthur James Balfour, 1848-1930: historiography and annotated bibliography. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 8. ISBN   978-0-313-28877-7 . Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  31. CampBanODNB.
  32. The River Thames. frances lincoln ltd. 2010. p. 119. ISBN   978-0-7112-2958-7 . Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  33. "The village of Llanystumdwy". Llanystumdwy Village.
  34. 1 2 Self 2006, pp. 447–48.
  35. Peter Long (2004). The Hidden Places Of England. Travel Publishing Ltd. p. 600. ISBN   978-1-904434-12-2 . Retrieved 12 April 2013.
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  37. Sebastian Haffner (2003). Churchill. Haus Publishing. p. 15. ISBN   978-1-904341-07-9 . Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  38. Keith Laybourn (2002). Fifty Key Figures in Twentieth-century British Politics. Routledge Chapman & Hall. p. 15. ISBN   978-0-415-22676-9 . Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  39. Coppin 2006 , p. 128.
  40. Thorpe (1997), pp. 463–464
  41. David Clegg (April 2005). Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. Troubador Publishing Ltd. p. 161. ISBN   978-1-904744-99-3 . Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  42. "The Rt. Hon. Sir Edward Heath interred in Salisbury Cathedral". Salisbury Cathedral. 14 November 2005.
  43. "James Callghan". Westminster Abbey. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  44. "Margaret Thatcher's ashes interred at Royal Hospital Chelsea". BBC News. 29 September 2013.

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