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List Of People Buried In Brookwood Cemetery
The following is a list of notable burials at Brookwood Cemetery near Woking in Surrey. *William Addison (VC) *Alexis Theodorovich Aladin *Omar Ali-Shah *Abdullah Yusuf Ali *Aftab Ali *Naji al-Ali *Syed Ameer Ali *Abdul Rahman Andak *Richard Ansdell *Margaret Campbell, Duchess of Argyll *Muhammad al-Badr *Robert Nisbet Bain *Daniel Marcus William Beak *Dudley Beaumont *John Hay Beith *Boris Berezovsky (businessman) *Mancherjee Bhownagree *Charles Bradlaugh *Benjamin Thomas Brandreth-Gibbs *Harold Brown (engineer), Harold Brown *Robert Ashington Bullen *Bennet Burleigh *Llewellyn Cadwaladr *Frederic Chase *Sir James Charles Chatterton, 3rd Baronet *Styllou Christofi *Willy Clarkson *Marcel Clech *Lord Edward Clinton *Edward Compton (actor), Edward Compton *Richard Congreve *Robert Coote (Royal Navy officer), Admiral Robert Coote *Alexander Angus Croll *Arthur Cumming (Royal Navy officer) *Dadiba Merwanji Dalal *Evelyn De Morgan *John Eugène, 8th Count de Salis-So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brookwood Cemetery
Brookwood Cemetery, also known as the London Necropolis, is a burial ground in Brookwood, Surrey, England. It is the largest cemetery in the United Kingdom and one of the largest in Europe. The cemetery is listed a Grade I site in the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens. History Background Brookwood Cemetery was conceived by the London Necropolis Company (LNC) in 1849 to house London's deceased, at a time when the capital was finding it difficult to accommodate its increasing population, of living and dead. The cemetery is said to have been landscaped by architect William Tite, but this is disputed. In 1854, Brookwood was the largest cemetery in the world but it is no longer. Its initial owner being incorporated by Act of Parliament in 1852, Brookwood Cemetery (apart from its northern section, reserved for Nonconformists) was consecrated by Charles Sumner, Bishop of Winchester, on 7 November 1854. It was opened to the public on 13 November 1854 when the first burials t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
