People of historical note buried in the borough A to L

Although this is quite a comprehensive list of people of note, it is not necessarily complete. If you have any suggestions for additions or alterations to this list, please contact the Cemetery Office.

You may also wish to view our list of holders of the Victoria Cross.

Burials by surname A-L

Surname	First name (s)	Born	Died	Buried	Further information
Anderson	John Eustace	1844	1915	Mortlake Burial Ground, Section X, grave number 164	Local Historian, wrote the History of Mortlake, History of Barnes and numerous important monographs on local industries. Parish Clerk of Mortlake for many years.
Atwood	William Thomas	1805	1872	Mortlake Burial Ground, Row 10, grave number 93 - old church ground	Solicitor and Market Gardener. First secretary to the Market Gardener’s Nurserymen’s and Landed Association which was formed in 1828.
Bessent				Mortlake Burial Ground, Section O, grave number 185	The Bessent Family were large scale Market Gardeners in Mortlake and Barnes from 1850's until mid 1920's. Other family members are buried in Old Barnes Cemetery, Rocks Lane.
Biddulph	Jim	1930	2008	East Sheen Cemetery, Section V, grave number 460	Jim Biddulph was one of the most distinctive voices in BBC journalism over the course of more than two decades, starting in the late 1960s. He began his career reporting on world affairs, and was based in the Far East for 25 years. He returned to England in 1994 and continued to write book reviews for newspapers in Hong Kong until his death.
Birdwood	William Riddell	1865	1951	Twickenham Cemetery Section A, grave number 278 front row	William Riddell Birdwood was appointed to command Anzac in 1914. He became formal administrative commander of the Australian Imperial Force in September 1916. Knighted in 1916. Was appointed to command the Fifth Army in may 1918. Promoted to Commander-in-Chief, India, in 1925
Black	Clementina	1853	1922	East Sheen Cemetery, Section A, grave number 231	Clementina Black wrote fiction novels and later became deeply involved in the problems facing working women, becoming the Hon. Sec. of the Women's Trade Union League. She campaigned against employers who paid very low wages for women. She was very active in the London Branch of Suffragette movement and her last novel, The Agitator, was based on her experiences in the Trade Union Movement.
Blackmore	Richard Dodderidge	1825	1900	Teddington Cemetery, Section Fc, grave number 33	Richard Doddridge Blackmore was author of Lorna Doone published in 1869. He was called to the Bar in 1852, but due to health reasons, was advised to seek outdoor employment. He purchased land in Teddington and built his house, named Gomer House (demolished in 1938), from which he sold the produce at his Covent Garden Stall.
Bliss	Sir Arthur Edward Drummond	1891	1975	Mortlake Cemetery, Section V, grave number 193	Sir Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss was a composer and musician.
Blunt	Arthur Cecil	1844	1896	Old Mortlake Burial Ground, Section U grave number 187	Actor “more remarkable for neatness than robustness or strength”.
Braddon	Mary Elizabeth	1837	1915	Richmond Cemetery, Section M, grave number 1513	Mary Elizabeth Braddon was a novelist, and virtual founder of a new school of "sensational" fiction. Married the publisher, John Maxwell in 1874 after the death of his first wife, and had five surviving children, one of whom was the novelist William Babington Maxwell who died in 1938. John's five children from his first marriage also stayed with the family, at Lichfield House. Some roads in the Kings Road area of Richmond were named after characters in Mary's novels after John invested in property in the area.
Browne	Frances	1816	1879	Richmond Cemetery, old closed church ground, Section C, grave number 40	Frances Browne (or Brown) was known as the 'Blind Poetess of Ulster', she was a novelist, journalist and poetess of the highest quality. A plaque was erected to her memory at a site in Stranorlar, but there is very little local information about her. Many writers have referred to Frances Browne as 'the forgotten poetess'. Although blind, this did not stop her determination to get an education, and go on to become one of the best poets this country has ever produced. She lived with her secretary (or helper), Eliza Hickman, and did not marry. She died in her Richmond home on 21 August 1879.
Bruce-Copp	Neil Dennis	1942	2008	Richmond Cemetery, Section JJ, grave number 41	Neil Dennis Bruce-Copp OBE was a prominent businessman, generous benefactor of numerous charities and keen sportsman. He invented the PC carrying case in 1983. His commercial successes were recognised by the Queens Award for Export Achievement in 1989, followed by awards in 1994,1995 and 1996. In 2005, he was made an OBE in recognition of his outstanding contribution to charity.
Burt	Sir Charles	1832	1913	Richmond Cemetery, Section F, grave number 886	A solicitor and an active member of Richmond’s local government. For more than forty years, he devoted himself to public works on behalf of Richmond and Surrey. Lived at Hillside House, Richmond
Candler	William	1826	1907	Richmond Cemetery, Section N, grave number 1914	Twickenham grocer who bequeathed a sum of money for the building of the Almshouses in Amyand Park Road, Twickenham.
Castle	Rosanna	1802	1906	Grave details not recorded.	Remarkable for living to the age of 104.
Chadwick	Sir Edwin	1800	1890	Old Mortlake Burial Ground, Section X grave number 141	British Statesman, Social Reformer. Born in Longsight, near Manchester, the son of a businessman who moved to London when his son was aged ten. He became a barrister, and, at one point, the secretary to philosopher Jeremy Bentham. He is best remembered for his pioneering work in health reform. He served on the Poor Law Commission and Board of Health. In 1843, he produced an influential report on the 'Practice of Interment in Towns'.
Chalmers (Lord)	Robert	1858	1938	East Sheen Cemetery, Section G, grave number 66.	Chairman, Board of Inland Revenue 1907-11, governor of Ceylon 1913-1916, under Secretary for Ireland 1916, master of Peterhouse 1924-1931.
Chapman	Edward John	1821	1904	Teddington Cemetery, Section Fc, grave number 4	Professor of mineralogy at University College, London and Toronto.
Church	Prof. Sir Arthur	1834	1915	Richmond Cemetery, Section H, grave number 3568	Chemist and President of the Mineralogical Society. Discovered churchite, a native cerium phosphate, and other new minerals. Published works on porcelain, of which he was a collector. Lived in Ennerdale Road, Richmond.
Cook	Sir Frederick Lucas (Bt, MP)	1844	1920	Richmond Cemetery Section J Grave number 1291	A Conservative MP for Kennington Division of Lambeth, from July 1895 to January 1906. H.M. Lieutenant for City of London. Also head of the firm 'Cook's of Saint Paul's'. He lived in the family home at Doughty House in Richmond.
Denison	Lt.Gen. Sir William	1804	1871	Grave details not recorded.	Lt.Gen. Sir William Denison was an engineer and colonial administrator. Governor of New South Wales 1854-1861, and Madras 1861-1866
Dickens	Charles	1837	1896	Old Mortlake Burial Ground, Section S grave number 148	Eldest son of the author, and editor of his works.
Dyer	Maj. Gen. Godfrey Maxwell	1889	1977	Richmond Cemetery, Section E, grave number 292	Indian army officer and chairman of the British Association for cemeteries in South Asia.
Espinosa	Edouard De Leon	1871	1950	East Sheen Cemetery, Section G, grave number 554	Founder, with his wife Louise, of the British Ballet Organisation in 1930. Louise died in 1943.
Francis	Francis	1822	1886	Twickenham Cemetery, Section D, grave number 194	Angler and novelist. He was angling editor of 'The Field' for 25 years. There is also a memorial to him in Winchester Cathedral.
Fitz	Walter	1843	1892	Richmond Cemetery, Section U, Grave Number 4756.	A distinguished botanical artist and Richmond resident, he lived at 65 Alexandra Road.
Fitz-Roy	Lord William	1782	1857	Mortlake Burial Ground, Row 1, grave numbers 99 and 100 - old church ground	Admiral, KCB. Third Son of the 31st Duke of Grafton.
Garratt	Herbert William	1864	1913	Richmond Cemetery, Section K, grave number 1673	Herbert William Garratt began his working life as an apprentice at Bow railway works. From 1900 he worked on the Cuban Central Lagos Government, Lima and New South Wales Government Railways. Returning to Britain in 1906 he visited Beyer, Peacock & Co in Manchester to discuss a method of mounting heavy artillery on railway bogies. From this, the Beyer-Garratt articulated locomotive was designed.
Garvice	Charles	1851	1920	Richmond Cemetery, Section M. 1500	Novelist, dramatist and journalist. President of the Farmers and Landowners Association, chairman of the Author’s Club, 1908-20. Lived in Richmond, at 4 Maids of Honour Row.
Gibbons	Edward Stanley	1840	1913	Twickenham Cemetery, Section D, grave number 142A	Edward Stanley Gibbons was a stamp dealer. His firm was founded in Plymouth in 1865 and moved to London in 1874.
Godfrey	Francis	1811	1868	Grave details not recorded.	Waterman to Queen Victoria.
Hamilton	Lord Claud (MP)	1843	1925	Richmond Cemetery, Section N, grave number 1967	ADC to Queen Victoria in 1887. A Lord of the Treasury and a Conservative MP successively for Londonderry, Kings Lynn, Liverpool and South Kensington. Lived at Cambridge Square, Paddington.
Harney	George Julian	1817	1897	Richmond Cemetery, Section K, grave number 1899.	George Julian Harney is often described as 'the last of the Chartist leaders'. Went to sea briefly as a boy, then a shop-boy, became active in radical politics as a journalist and street seller for the unstamped press in his teens. Admirer of the Jacobins in revolutionary France, a friend of Marx and Engels, spent several periods in prison for insurrection. Editor of the Northern Star. After 1848, he escaped to Jersey, edited a local newspaper, and became a friend of French exile Victor Hugo. Ended his life as a resident of Twickenham.
Harvey	William	1796	1866	Richmond Old Church Ground	A talented engraver who served as an apprentice to Thomas Bewick. His wood engraving of Benjamin Haydon’s ‘Assassination of Dentatus’ in 1821 was the largest block ever cut in Great Britain. He lived in the Vineyard. His tomb, incised with a palette, is located in the Richmond Old Church Ground, which is maintained as a conservation area.
Hogarth	Georgina	1827	1917	Old Mortlake Burial Ground, Section R grave number 154	Sister-in-law, friend and housekeeper to Charles Dickens. She edited his letters for publication.
Hastings	Sir George	1853	1943	Teddington Cemetery, Section Du, grave number 94.	Physician and president of the Coaching Club. He married Alice, who was the daughter of the artist W.P.Frith, and who died in 1931. Her other two children (Mary and Walter) are also buried in the cemetery.
Hughes	Arthur	1832	1915	Richmond Cemetery, Section W, Grave number 5481	Studied under Alfred Stevens at the School of Design, Somerset House. Began his most famous painting "April Love" in 1855, which now hangs in the Tate in Britain. Was a fried to William Morris, Edward Burne-Jones, Alexander Munro (Sculptor). He also knew Tennyson, Lewis Carroll and many other artists and literary figures of the period. Lived in Kew Green with his wife Tryphena, who died in 1921.
Hough	Frank	1889	1935	Teddington Cemetery, Grave 488 Section J	Was a business partner of H.G.Henly and played a significant part in the success of the Lyons firm in partnership with Henly’s dealing with the production and sale of Jaguar cars until his death of pneumonia.
Jeffreys	Julius	1800	1877	Grave details not recorded.	Surgeon. He lived in India, pioneered the use of limes in forming citric acid and invented a respirator for treating pulmonary attacks in 1835.
Kastrati	Quazim	1908	1974	East Sheen Cemetery, Section K, grave number 182.	Private secretary to King Zog of Albania in exile, for many years worked to promote Anglo/Albanian co-operation.
King	Charles	1773	1856	Grave details not recorded.	Artist who painted several local views. Parish Clerk at Mortlake Parish Church.
Kinnear	Roy	1934	1988	East Sheen Cemetery, Section B, grave number 5	Roy Kinnear was an actor and comedian, who died tragically whilst filming in Spain.
Lambert	Stampa Walter	1853	1921	East Sheen Cemetery, Section G, grave number 125	Chairman of the Council during the early years of East Sheen Cemetery establishment. A barrister by training, he became involved in local Council affairs in 1882 and was active in the local Conservative party.
Lewis	James Henry	1856	1924	Twickenham Cemetery, Section A, grave number 152	Composer, author of numerous music text books and principal of the Victoria College of Music, London.
Lewis	John	1713	1792	Buried St Mary Magdalene, parish church, Richmond	Local brewery owner and campaigner to establish public rights of way across Richmond Park. More information on John Lewis(pdf, 698KB) (information courtesy of Max Lankester).
Leeson	Dr John Rudd	1854	1927	Twickenham Cemetery, Section G,.grave number 2	Came to Twickenham in 1879 and became Charter Mayor in 1926-27. He designed the coat of arms, with the motto “Looking Backward - Looking Forward”. For 32 years he was president of the Twickenham Literary & Scientific Society, was a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, the Royal Microscopical Society, and the Linnean Society. Life Member of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. During the first world war he was a Captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps.
Liddell	Sir Adolphus	1818	1885	Grave details not recorded.	Lawyer and permanent Under Secretary of State for the Home Department 1867-1885.