Famous People

It is difficult to choose a few persons from the many thousands buried in the cemetery but here are some notable burials.

• Joseph Henry Blackburne (1841–1924), dominated the English chess scene in late 19th century
• Commander Archibald Walter Buckle (1889–1927), commanded Anson Battalion of the 63rd (Royal Naval) Division in World War I
• Horatio Henry Couldery (1832–1918), one of the best-known Victorian painters of animals
• Jane Clouson (1854–1871), murdered girl with a monument paid for by public donations
• Ernest Dowson (1867–1900), poet and decadent movement artist
• Sir William Eames (1821–1897), marine engineer
• Sir John Gilbert (1817–1897), illustrator, drawing for the Illustrated London News and designed a cover for Punch
• Sir George Grove (1820–1900), first director of the Royal College of Music, 1882, and author of ‘Dictionary of Music and Musicians’
• Sir William Hardy (1807–1887), Deputy Keeper of Public Records, 1878–1886
• Lionel de Jersey Harvard, commemoration to “the only Harvard to attend Harvard”, died in World War I, buried in France
• George Lacy Hillier (1856–1941), an English racing cyclist and pioneer of British cycling
• David Jones (1895–1974), war poet and artist
• Fernando Tarrida del Mármol (1861–1915), Cuban anarchist writer
• Margaret McMillan (1860–1931), educational reformer
• Sir Alexander Nisbet (1812–1892), Inspector General of the Royal Navy and honorary physician to the Queen
• William Stephens (1817–1871), Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge of England
• E. H. Windred (1875–1953), painter of racing pigeons
• Edward Lewis (1864–1922), Actor and Comedian.
• Joe Bowker (1881–1955) English boxer who was Bantamweight champion of the world in 1904 and 1905
• Samuel Tinsley (1847–1903), English chess player
• Mary Ann Bevan (1874–1933), “the ugliest woman in the world”
• Mrs Amelia Winters (1827–1889), poisoner
• Beatrice Offor (1864–1920), British painter

(Credit Wikipedia)