Editing Kensal Green Cemetery (section)

==Notable burials==
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{{Main|List of burials at Kensal Green Cemetery}}
[[File:Kensal Green Cemetery -15Aug2006.jpg|thumb|Monuments and chapel]]
* [[Henry Ainley]] (1879–1945), actor
* [[Clara Vestris Webster]] (1821- 1844), bailarina
* [[Harrison Ainsworth]] (1805–1882), author
* [[Thomas Allom]] (1804–1872), artist and architect
* [[Frederick Scott Archer]] (1813–1857), sculptor, photographer. Inventor of the [[Collodion process]]<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/photoblog/2010/04/remembering_frederick_scott_archer.html Remembering Frederick Scott Archer] BBC article, 27 April 2010</ref>
* [[Charles Phillip Brown]] (1798–1884), an Englishman known for writing the first [[Telugu language|Telugu]] dictionary and for his contributions toward the Telugu language and [[Andhra people]]
* [[George Percy Badger]] (1815–1888), English Anglican missionary and scholar of oriental studies
* [[Betsy Balcombe]] (1802–1871), as a young girl, a close friend and confidante of [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] during his imprisonment on St. Helena Island
* [[Michael William Balfe]] (1808–1870), composer
[[File:Frederick Scott Archer's grave.jpg|thumb|upright|Grave of [[Frederick Scott Archer]], inventor of the collodion photographic process in 1851. [https://www.google.ro/maps/place/Frederick+Scott+Archer+Grave/@51.526719,-0.2284406,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x487610304af5dc55:0x91e793fd79db3cb2!8m2!3d51.526719!4d-0.2262519?hl=en Location] ]]
* [[Frederick Settle Barff]] (1822–1866), chemist, inventor of [[Bower–Barff process]]
* [[James Barry (surgeon)|James Barry]] (1795–1865), surgeon
* [[George Birkbeck]] (1776–1841), doctor, academic and adult education pioneer
* [[Suzanne Beauclerk, Duchess of St Albans]] (1921–2010), writer and painter
* [[William Behnes]] (1795–1864), sculptor
* [[Julius Benedict]] (1804–1885), composer
* [[Maria Björnson]] (1949–2002), theatre designer
* [[Charles Blondin]] (1824–1897), acrobat, tightrope-walker
* Sir [[George Bowen]] (1821–1899), colonial administrator and 9th [[Governor of Hong Kong]]
* [[Diamantina Bowen|Diamantina, Lady Bowen]] ({{Circa|1832}}/1833 – 1893), grand dame
* [[John Braham (tenor)|John Braham]] (1774–1856), singer
* [[George Bridgetower]] (1782–1860), West Indian-Polish violin virtuoso and friend of Beethoven
* [[Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais]] (1795–1840), chess master
* [[Howe Browne, 2nd Marquess of Sligo]] (1788–1845)
* [[George Bonham|Samuel George Bonham]] (1803–1863), 1st Baronet
* [[J. Lewis Bonhote]] (1875–1922), zoologist, ornithologist and writer
* [[Isambard Kingdom Brunel]] (1806–1859), engineer, son of [[Marc Isambard Brunel]] and [[Sophia Kingdom]] (also buried here)
* [[Marc Isambard Brunel]] (1769–1849), engineer, father of Isambard
* [[William Burn]], eminent Scottish architect (1789–1870)
* [[Peter Burrowes]] (1753–1841) Irish politician
* [[Decimus Burton]] (1800–1881), architect
* [[Augustus Wall Callcott|Sir Augustus Wall Callcott]] (1779–1844), painter
* [[Maria Graham|Lady Maria Callcott]] (1785–1842), travel writer
* [[George Frederick Carden]] (1798–1874), founder of the cemetery
* [[John Edward Carew]] (1785–1868), sculptor
* [[Anthony Carlisle]] (1768–1840), surgeon and scientist
* Sir [[Ernest Cassel]] (1852–1921), merchant banker
* [[John Hobart Caunter]] (1792–1851), writer and clergyman
* [[William Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, 5th Duke of Portland]] (1800–1879), landowner and eccentric
* [[Frederic Chapman]] (1823–1895), publisher
* Marigold Frances Churchill, daughter of [[Winston Churchill|Sir Winston]] and [[Clementine Churchill|Lady Clementine Churchill]], who died from a fever in 1921 at age two (the [[Tomb of Marigold Churchill|monument]] by [[Eric Gill]] was listed Grade II in 2001). In 2019 the Churchill family acted on a long-held desire to reunite Marigold's remains with the rest of her family in [[St Martin's Church, Bladon|Bladon churchyard]]. The empty grave and monument will remain at Kensal Green.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Freeman |first=Jennifer |title= A farewell to Marigold |magazine=The Telamon |issue=87 |page=3 |location=London |publisher= The Friends of Kensal Green Cemetery |date=2019}}</ref>
* [[Henry Savile Clarke]] (1841–1893), dramatist and critic
* [[Thomas John Cochrane]] (Sir) (1789–1872) Cemetery plot number 21777, 1st governor of [[colony of Newfoundland|Newfoundland]] 1825–34, Member of Parliament for [[Ipswich (UK Parliament constituency)|Ipswich]] 1839–41, Admiral of the fleet 1865–72
* [[Wilkie Collins]] (1824–1889), author
* James Combe (d. 1867), engineer of [[Temple Works]], Leeds
* [[Joshua Compston]] (1970–1996), curator
* [[Montague Corry, 1st Baron Rowton]] (1838–1903), secretary to [[Disraeli]] and philanthropic founder of [[Rowton Houses]]
* Sir [[Michael Costa (conductor)|Michael Costa]] (1808–1884), conductor and composer
* [[Anne Crawford]] (1920–1956), actress
* [[John Cumming (clergyman)|Rev John Cumming]] (1807–1881), author
* UK Major General Sir [[Alexander Cunningham]] KCIE CSI, archaeologist, aide-de-camp to Governor General of India Lord Auckland, executive engineer to the king of Oudh (India), chief engineer of Burma, Colonel of the [[Royal Engineers]].
* [[James Dark]] (1795–1871), proprietor of [[Lord's Cricket Ground]]
* [[Philmore Davidson|Philmore 'Boots' Davidson]] (1928–1993) Trinidadian musician. Introduced the steel band to Britain
* Admiral [[Ross Donnelly]] (1761–1840)
* [[John Doubleday (restorer)|John Doubleday]] (about 1798–1856), restorer at the [[British Museum]] who reassembled the [[Portland Vase]]
* [[Andrew Ducrow]] (1793–1842), circus performer and horse-rider
* [[Willie Edouin]] (1841–1908), comedian, actor and theatre manager
* [[George Elliot (Royal Navy officer, born 1784)|Sir George Elliot]] (1784–1863), naval officer
* [[John Epps]] (1805–1869), phrenologist
* [[John Edward Errington]] (1806–1862) civil engineer
* [[Edward Francis Fitzwilliam]] (1824–1857), composer
* [[Fanny Fitzwilliam]] (1801–1854), actress, singer and theatre manager
* [[Ann Dinham|Ann Foster]] (1827–1882), widow of John Foster of Hobart, Member of the Tasmanian Legislative Assembly. Formerly Ann Dinham, she was transported to Tasmania in 1852 and was one of few Australian convicts to return to her native land (Grave No. 28305)
* [[Henri Jean-Baptiste Victoire Fradelle]] (1778–1865), Franco-English Victorian painter
* [[Erich Fried]] (1921–1988), Austrian poet and essayist
* [[William Anthony Furness, 2nd Viscount Furness]] (1929-1995), theatrical producer and Knight of Malta
* [[Henry Gauntlett]] (1810–1876), composer
* [[John Gibson (architect)|John Gibson]] (1817–1892), architect. RIBA Gold Medal recipient 1890
* Sir [[Walter Raleigh Gilbert]] (1785–1853)
* [[George Bellas Greenough]] (1778–1855), geologist
* [[George Grossmith]] (1847–1912), actor and comedian
* [[Philip Hardwick]] (1792–1870), architect
* [[Philip Charles Hardwick]] (1822–1892), architect
* [[Fairlie Harmar]] Viscountess Harberton RA (1876–1945) painter and suffragette
* [[Henry Hawkins, 1st Baron Brampton]] (1817–1907)
* [[Catherine Hayes (soprano)|Catherine Hayes]] (1818–1861), opera singer
* [[Henry Herman]] (1832–1894), English dramatist and novelist
* Rev [[Ridley Herschell]] (1807–1864)
* Major General Sir John Hills [[FRSE]] CB KCB (1834–1902)
* [[Thomas Hood]] (1799–1845), poet, humorist and journalist
[[File:The grave of Henry Howard, 3rd Earl of Effingham, Kensal Green Cemetery.JPG|thumb|upright|Grave of [[Henry Howard, 3rd Earl of Effingham]]]]
* [[Henry Howard, 3rd Earl of Effingham]] (1837–1898)
* Sir [[Neville Howse]] (1863–1930), the first [[List of Australian Victoria Cross recipients|Australian recipient]] of the [[Victoria Cross]], and one of 13 holders of the award buried in this cemetery
* [[Joseph Hume]] (1777–1855), MP and political campaigner
* James Henry [[Leigh Hunt]] (1784–1859), Romantic critic, essayist and poet<ref name="auto"/>
* [[Austen Hurgon]] (1862–1942), theatrical director
* [[Frank Linsly James]] (1851–1890), exhumed in 1917 and re-interred in the family plot at [[West Dean, West Sussex|West Dean]], West Sussex
* Sir [[Leander Starr Jameson]] (1853–1917), former [[Prime Minister of Cape Colony]] and architect of the [[Jameson Raid]] – initially buried in a vault here, later reburied in [[Matobo Hills]], [[Zimbabwe]]
* [[Lionel Johnson]] (1867–1902), poet, member of the Rhymer's Club and an influence on [[W. B. Yeats]]
* [[Charles Kemble]] (1775–1854), actor and theatre manager
* [[Fanny Kemble]] (1809–1893), famous British actress and author
* [[Halina Korn]] (1902–1978), Polish painter and sculptor
* [[Marian Kukiel]] (1885–1972), Polish General and Minister for War in exile during World War II
* [[Michael Lane (engineer)|Michael Lane]] (1802–1868), civil engineer
* [[William Garrett Lewis]] (b. before 1834; d. 1885) pastor of Westbourne Grove Church
* [[Wyndham Lewis]] (1882–1957), painter and author, co-founder of the Vorticist movement
* [[Joseph Locke]] (1805–1860), civil engineer
* [[John St. John Long]] (1798–1834), quack doctor
* [[John Claudius Loudon]] (1783–1843), Scottish botanist and writer on cemeteries
* [[John Graham Lough]] (1789–1876), sculptor
* [[Sir John Louis, 2nd Baronet]] (1785–1863)
* Sir [[Andrew Lusk]], 1st Baronet (1810–1909) Lord Mayor of London 1873–74
* [[John Robinson McClean]] (1817–1873), politician
* [[Robert McClure|Vice Admiral Sir Robert John Le Mesurier McClure CB]] (1807–1873) discoverer of the [[Northwest Passage]] 1850–53[[File:Robert McClure grave.jpg|thumb|Grave of Robert McClure in Kensal Green Cemetery, London]]
* [[Alexander McDonnell (chess player)|Alexander McDonnell]] (1798–1835), chess master
* [[Richard Graves MacDonnell]] (1814–1881), colonial administrator and 6th [[Governor of Hong Kong]]
* Sir [[James McGrigor]] (1771–1858), Scottish botanist
* Sir [[Donald Friell McLeod]] (1810–1872)
* [[William Macready]] (1793–1873), actor
* Sir [[George Makins]] (1853–1933), surgeon
* [[Edward Maltby]] (1770–1859), bishop of Durham
* [[Florence Marryat]] (1833–1899), novelist, editor, actress and playwright
* [[Kitty Melrose]] (1883–1912), actress
* [[Archibald Menzies]] (1754–1842), botanist, surgeon
* [[Princess Tenagnework|Ras Andargachew Messai]] (1902–1981), [[Ethiopia]]n ruler
* [[Kate Meyrick]] (1875–1933), night club owner
* [[John Maddison Morton]] (1811–1891), playwright
* [[John Lothrop Motley]] (1814–1877), American historian
* [[Billy Murdoch (cricketer)|Billy Murdoch]] (1854–1911), Australian cricket captain
* [[John Trivett Nettleship]] (1841–1902), painter and author
* [[Feargus O'Connor]] (1796–1855), MP, Chartist Leader and social reformer
* [[Patrick O'Connell (footballer)|Patrick O'Connell]] (1887–1959), Footballer with [[Belfast Celtic F.C.|Belfast Celtic]], captain of [[Ireland national football team (1882-1950)|Ireland]] and [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] (1914), Manager of [[Barcelona FC]] during [[Spanish Civil War]]
* Admiral [[Robert Otway]] (1773–1846)
* [[Robert Owen]] (cenotaph only) (1771–1858), industrialist and major social reformer
* [[John Thomas Perceval]] (1803–1876), army officer, writer and campaigner
* [[Jacob Perkins]] (1766–1849), American inventor
* [[George Perry (composer)|George Perry]] (1793–1862), composer
* [[Harold Pinter]] (1930–2008), playwright, actor, director, screenwriter, poet and political activist
* [[Frederic Hervey Foster Quin]] (1799–1878), physician<ref name=dnb>{{cite DNB|wstitle=Quin, Frederic Hervey Foster|last= Boase|first=George Clement|author-link=George Clement Boase|volume=47|quote=... and was buried in Kensal Green Cemetery on 28 Nov.}}</ref>
* [[Terence Rattigan|Sir Terence Rattigan]] (1911–1977), playwright (ashes)
* [[Emidio Recchioni]] (1864–1933), Italian anarchist and businessman
* [[Robert Reece]] (1838–1891), comic playwright and librettist
* [[Emil Reich]] (1854–1910), Austro-Hungarian-born historian<ref>W. B. Owen, revised by H. C. G. Matthew, 'Reich, Emil (1854–1910)', in ''[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]'' (Oxford University Press, 2004) [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/35712 online version] (subscription required), accessed 26 September 2013</ref>
* [[John Rennie the Younger]] (1794–1874) civil engineer
[[File:Monument of Dwarkanath Tagore at London.png|right|thumb|Monument of Dwarkanath Tagore at Kensal Green Cemetery renovated by Bengal Heritage Foundation on 11 August 2018]]
* [[Dwarkanath Tagore]] (1794–1846), Bengali industrialist and benefactor
* [[John Wigham Richardson]] (1837–1908), shipbuilder
* [[Charles Ritchie, 1st Baron Ritchie of Dundee]] (1838–1906), politician, former Chancellor of Exchequer
* [[Henry Sandham]] (1842–1910), artist
* [[Eileen Sharp]] (1900 –1958), singer and actress
* [[Byam Shaw]] (1872–1919), artist
* [[John Shaw Jr.]] (1803–1870), architect and brother-in-law of Philip Hardwick listed above
* [[Carl Wilhelm Siemens|Sir William Siemens]] (1823–1883), industrialist
* [[Robert William Sievier]] (1794–1865), sculptor (also member of Cemetery board)
* [[John Benjamin Smith]] (1794–1879), MP
* [[John Mark Frederick Smith]] (1790–1874), British Army general
* [[William Henry Smith (1792–1865)]], businessman
* [[Alexis Soyer]] (1810–1858), Chef and Humanitarian.
* [[Howard Staunton]] (1810–1874), prominent chess player
* [[John McDouall Stuart]] (1815–1866), explorer in Australia
[[File:Thackeray -grave Kensal Green Cemetery-16Aug2006.jpg|thumb|Grave of [[William Makepeace Thackeray]] (marble slab in front of brick tomb)]]
* [[William Makepeace Thackeray]] (1811–1863), writer
* [[Bert Thomas]] (1883–1966), cartoonist
* [[Lydia Thompson]] (1838–1908), dancer and actress
* [[Thérèse Tietjens]] (1831–1877), opera singer
* [[Nicholas Conyngham Tindal|Sir Nicholas Conyngham Tindal]] (1776–1846), Solicitor General and Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas
* [[Steve Peregrin Took]] (1949–1980), English musician and songwriter (best known as a founding member of [[T. Rex (band)|Tyrannosaurus Rex]])
* [[Anthony Trollope]] (1815–1882), novelist
* [[Sir Thomas Troubridge, 3rd Baronet]] (1815–1867), British army officer
* [[J. Stuart Russell]] (1816–1895), theologian and author
* [[James Malcolm Rymer]] (1814–1884), writer
* [[William Vincent Wallace]] (1812–1865), composer
* [[Thomas Wakley]] (1795–1862), surgeon, campaigner and founder of ''[[The Lancet]]''
* [[John William Waterhouse]] (1849–1917), artist
* [[Friedrich Welwitsch|Friedrich Martin Josef Welwitsch]] (1806-1872), Austrian botanist
* [[John Whichcord Jr.]] (1823–1885), architect
* [[Jane Williams]] (1798–1884), subject of poems by [[Percy Bysshe Shelley]]
* [[Alfred Wigan]] (1814–1878), [[actor-manager]]
* [[William Williams (Radical politician)|William Williams]] (1788–1865), radical MP
* [[Walter Clopton Wingfield]] (1833–1912), pioneer of [[lawn tennis]]

The cemetery is remarkable for the number of Fellows of the [[Royal Society]] who are buried there, of whom the following is a small sample:
* [[Charles Babbage]] FRS (1816) (1791–1871), mathematician and computer scientist
* [[George Bishop (astronomer)|George Bishop]] FRS (1848)
* [[William John Broderip]] FRS (1828)
* [[Robert Brown (Scottish botanist from Montrose)|Robert Brown]] FRS (1839) (1773–1858), botanist, discoverer of [[Brownian motion]]
* [[Samuel Hawksley Burbury]] FRS (1890)
* [[George Busk]] FRS (1850) (1807–1886), naval surgeon, zoologist and palaeontologist
* [[Alexander John Ellis]] FRS (1864)
* [[Hugh Falconer]] FRS (1845) (1808–1865), naturalist
* [[David Forbes (mineralogist)|David Forbes]] FRS (1858), mineralogist
* [[Thomas Galloway]] FRS (1848)
* [[John Hall Gladstone]] FRS (1853)
* [[Joseph Glynn (engineer)|Joseph Glynn]] FRS (1838)
* [[John Gould]] FRS (1843)
* [[William Robert Grove]] Sir, FRS (1847)
* [[Edmond Herbert Grove-Hills]] FRS (1911)
* [[Frank McClean]] FRS (1895)
* [[George Newport]] FRS (1846)
* [[Baden Powell (mathematician)|Reverend Baden Powell]], FRS (1824) father of [[Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell|Robert]] and [[Agnes Baden-Powell]]
* [[Joseph Sabine]] FRS (1799)
* [[George James Symons]] FRS (1879)
* [[Edward Troughton]] FRS (1810)
* [[Edward Turner (chemist)|Edward Turner]] FRS (1830), chemist
* [[Nathaniel Wallich]] FRS (1829)
* Sir [[Charles Wheatstone]] FRS FRSE (1802–1875) inventor of the [[Wheatstone bridge]]

===Royal burials===
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* Prince [[Augustus Frederick]], Duke of Sussex and son of King [[George III]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kensalgreencemetery.com/history2/|title=History – Kensal Green Cemetery|website=Kensalgreencemetry.com|access-date=18 April 2023}}</ref>
* [[Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom|Princess Sophia]], sister of Prince Augustus Frederick and daughter of King George III<ref name="auto1"/>
* [[Prince George, Duke of Cambridge]], grandson of George III and [[commander-in-chief]] of the [[British Army]]
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* Maharani [[Jind Kaur]], of the [[Sikh Empire]], mother of the last Punjabi Maharaja [[Duleep Singh]] – temporarily deposited in the catacomb below the Dissenters' Chapel following her death in exile in 1863 before her body was allowed to return to the Punjab for cremation. Following the discovery of a slab commemorating Jind Kaur (now in the Ancient House Museum, [[Thetford]]), a memorial was erected here in 2009.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Basu|first=Shrabani|newspaper=[[The Telegraph (India)|The Telegraph]]|title=Rebel With a Cause|date=26 July 2009|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090726/jsp/7days/story_11282837.jsp|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130630094442/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090726/jsp/7days/story_11282837.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 June 2013}}</ref>

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File:The tomb of Prince Augustus Frederick, Kensal Green Cemetery.JPG|Tomb of Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex
File:The tomb of Princess Sophia, Kensal Green Cemetery.JPG|Tomb of Princess Sophia
Image:DukeOfCambridgeKensalGreen01.jpg|Funerary monument, Duke of Cambridge
</gallery>

===Notable cremations===
[[File:West London Crematorium.jpg|thumb|West London Crematorium]]
* Dame [[Sarah Oram]] (1860–1946), senior military nurse.
* Major [[Herbert James]] (1888–1958), [[Victoria Cross|VC]] winner at [[Gallipoli campaign|Gallipoli]], [[First World War]].
* [[Ingrid Bergman]] (1915–1982), actress (most of her ashes were scattered around the islet of Dannholmen off the fishing village of [[Fjällbacka]] on the west coast of Sweden where she spent most summers from 1958 to her death in 1982, with the remainder of her ashes buried at [[Norra begravningsplatsen]] in [[Stockholm]], Sweden next to her parents).
* [[Freddie Mercury]] (1946–1991), singer in the rock band [[Queen (band)|Queen]], is commemorated by a small plinth under his birth name, Farrokh Bulsara, near which his ashes, the exact whereabouts of which are currently unknown, are traditionally held to be buried.<ref>{{cite news |title=Freddie Mercury's plaque vanishes from Kensal Green cemetery |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/freddie-mercurys-plaque-vanishes-from-kensal-green-cemetery-8520387.html |access-date=30 June 2024 |work=Evening Standard}}</ref>
* [[Sir Anthony Nutting, 3rd Baronet|Sir Anthony Nutting]] (1920–1999), former diplomat and [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] MP.
* [[Joe Strummer]] (1952–2002), singer-songwriter in the punk rock band [[the Clash]], was cremated here and his ashes were then given to his family.
* [[George Melly]] (1926-2007), jazz and blues singer, critic.<ref>[https://www.standard.co.uk/news/melly-farewell-is-all-that-jazz-and-no-blues-6597646.html "Melly farewell is all that jazz (and no blues)"], ''[[London Evening Standard]]'', 13 July 2007.</ref>
* [[Alan Rickman]] (1946–2016), actor and director.
* [[Pete Burns]] (1959–2016), singer–songwriter and television personality.
* [[Christine Keeler]] (1942–2017), model and showgirl.
* [[Gary Rhodes]] (1960–2019), chef.
* [[Eddie Linden]] (1935–2023), poet and editor.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Raffray |first=Nathalie |date=2023-12-14 |title=Literary world mourns influential poet and Aquarius magazine publisher Eddie Linden |url=https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/23989735.obituary-maida-vale-poet-aquarius-publisher-eddie-linden/ |access-date=2025-05-01 |website=[[Ham & High]] |language=en}}</ref>