Twickenham Cemetery
Twickenham Cemetery | |
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Details | |
Established | 1868[1] |
Location | |
Country | England |
Coordinates | 51°26′46″N 0°21′50″W / 51.446°N 0.364°W |
Type | Active |
Owned by | Richmond upon Thames Council |
Find a Grave | Twickenham Cemetery |
Twickenham Cemetery is a cemetery at Hospital Bridge Road, Whitton[2] in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. It was established in 1868[1] and was expanded in the 1880s when the local parish churchyards were closed to new burials.[3]
Notable burials
- Herbert Mills Birdwood (d.1907), British Indian judge and civil servant
- William Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood (d.1951), who commanded the ANZAC forces during the Gallipoli Campaign in 1915 and became Commander-in-Chief, India in 1925[4]
- Frederick James Camm (d.1959), technical author and magazine editor
- Leonard N. Fowles (d.1939), organist, choirmaster and composer
- Francis Francis (d.1886), angler and novelist[4]
- Edward Stanley Gibbons (d.1913), stamp dealer and founder of Stanley Gibbons Ltd, publishers of the Stanley Gibbons stamp catalogue[4]
- Joseph Jackson Howard (d.1902), genealogist, and Maltravers Herald of Arms Extraordinary 1887–1902
- Laurence Oliphant (d.1888), author, traveller, diplomat and Christian mystic[5]
- Jonathan Peel (d.1879), Secretary of State for War[5]
- Ernst Roth (d.1971), music publisher[5]
- Elizabeth Twining (d.1889), English painter, author, and botanical illustrator
- Herbert Edgar Weston (d.1961), stamp dealer[6]
Gallery
Graves at Twickenham Cemetery
References
- ^ a b "Twickenham Cemetery". London Gardens Trust. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ "Twickenham Cemetery". Cemeteries. London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
- ^ "Family History in Twickenham and Whitton". Research. Twickenham Museum. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
- ^ a b c "People of historical note buried in the borough A to L". Local Studies Library. London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. 26 November 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
- ^ a b c "People of historical note buried in the borough M to Z". Local Studies Library. London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. 26 November 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
- ^ Baker, Colin. "The man who never was", The Postal Stationery Society Journal, 19 No 3, August 2011, pp.18–20