List of burial places of prime ministers of the United Kingdom

This is a list of burial places of prime ministers of the United Kingdom.

Prime ministers are typically buried or interred in a place associated with them or, traditionally, their aristocratic family seat. Eight prime ministers have been buried in Westminster Abbey, and several more have declined that honour; 14 prime ministers have been buried in London. The majority of prime ministers (40) have been buried in England, with six in Scotland, and one, David Lloyd George, in Wales. All prime ministers have been buried on the British mainland except two, John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute and Harold Wilson. Eight prime ministers who held office in the 20th century were cremated before their ashes were buried or scattered elsewhere.

List

Name	Place of burial or interment	Image
Sir Robert Walpole (1676–1745)	Church of St Martin, Houghton, Norfolk^[1]
Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington (1673–1743)	The Estate Chapel, Compton Wynyates, Warwickshire^[2]
Henry Pelham (1694–1754)	All Saints' Church, Laughton, East Sussex^[3]
Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (1693–1768)	All Saints' Church, Laughton, East Sussex^[4]
William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire (1720–1764)	Derby Cathedral, Derby, Derbyshire^[5]
John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (1713–1792)	Bute Mausoleum, St Mary's Chapel, Rothesay, Isle of Bute, Argyll and Bute^[6]
George Grenville (1712–1770)	Wotton Underwood, Buckinghamshire^[7]
Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham (1730–1782)	York Minster, York, Yorkshire^[8]
William Pitt the Elder, 1st Earl of Chatham (1708–1778)	Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London^[9]
Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (1735–1811)	St. Genevieve's Church, Euston, Suffolk^[10]
Frederick North, Lord North (1732–1792)	All Saints' Church, Wroxton, Oxfordshire^[11]
William Petty-FitzMaurice, 2nd Earl of Shelburne (1737–1805)	All Saints' Church, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire^[12]
William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (1738–1809)	St Marylebone Parish Church, Marylebone, London^[13]
William Pitt the Younger (1759–1806)	Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London^[9]
Henry Addington (1757–1844)	St Mary the Virgin, Mortlake, Richmond Upon Thames, London^[14]
William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Lord Grenville (1759–1834)	Burnham, Buckinghamshire^[15]
Spencer Perceval (1762–1812)	St Luke's Church, Charlton, London^[16]
Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (1770–1828)	Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Hawkesbury Upton, South Gloucestershire^[17]
George Canning (1770–1827)	Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London^[5]
Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich (1782–1859)	All Saints' Church, Nocton, Lincolnshire^[18]
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769–1852)	St Paul's Cathedral, London^[19]
Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (1764–1845)	St Michael and all Angels Church, Howick, Northumberland^[20]
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (1779–1848)	St Etheldreda's Church, Hatfield, Hertfordshire^[19]
Sir Robert Peel (1788–1850)	St Peter's Church, Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire^[21]
Lord John Russell (1792–1878)	St Michael's Church, Chenies, Buckinghamshire^[22]
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (1799–1869)	St Mary's Church, Knowsley, Merseyside^[23]
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784–1860)	St John's Church, Stanmore, Harrow, London^[24]
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784–1865)	Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London^[25]
Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881)	St Michael and All Angels Church, Hughenden, Nr High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire^[26]
William Ewart Gladstone (1809–1898)	Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London^[27]
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830–1903)	St Etheldreda's churchyard, Hatfield, Hertfordshire^[28]
Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery (1847–1929)	Dalmeny churchyard, Dalmeny, City of Edinburgh^[29]
Arthur Balfour (1848–1930)	Whittingehame Church, Whittingehame, East Lothian^[30]
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman (1836–1908)	Meigle churchyard, Meigle, Perth and Kinross, Angus^[31]
H. H. Asquith (1852–1928)	All Saints' Church, Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire^[32]
David Lloyd George (1863–1945)	Grave of David Lloyd George, on a bank of the Afon Dwyfor near Llanystumdwy, Gwynedd^[33]
Bonar Law (1858–1923)	Ashes interred at Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London^[34]
Stanley Baldwin (1867–1947)	Ashes interred at Worcester Cathedral, Worcester, Worcestershire^[35]
Ramsay MacDonald (1866–1937)	Ashes interred in the kirkyard of the Holy Trinity Church, Spynie, Moray^[36]
Neville Chamberlain (1869–1940)	Ashes interred at Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London^[34]
Winston Churchill (1874–1965)	St Martin's Church, Bladon, Oxfordshire^[37]
Clement Attlee (1883–1967)	Ashes interred at Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London^[38]
Sir Anthony Eden (1897–1977)	St Mary's, Alvediston, Wiltshire^[19]
Harold Macmillan (1894–1986)	St Giles' Church, Horsted Keynes, West Sussex^[39]
Sir Alec Douglas-Home (1903–1995)	Lennel churchyard, Coldstream, Scottish Borders^[40]
Harold Wilson (1916–1995)	St Mary's Old Church, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, Cornwall^[41]
Edward Heath (1916–2005)	Ashes interred at Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury, Wiltshire^[42]
James Callaghan (1912–2005)	Ashes scattered around the base of the Peter Pan statue at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London^[43]
Margaret Thatcher (1925–2013)	Ashes interred at Royal Hospital Chelsea, Chelsea, London^[44]

Notes

^ WalODNB.
^ CompODNB.
^ PelODNB.
^ ThPelODNB.
^ ^a ^b CavODNB.
^ ButeODNB.
^ GrenODNB.
^ RockODNB.
^ ^a ^b "William Pitt and Family". Westminster Abbey.
^ GrafODNB.
^ NorODNB.
^ "Our heritage". All Saints High Wycombe. Archived from the original on 2013-04-06. Retrieved 2013-04-12.
^ PortODNB.
^ "St Mary the Virgin - A historical guide" (PDF). Mortlake Parish.
^ GrenBarODNB.
^ SpenODNB.
^ "Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Hawkesbury". British Listed Buildings.
^ GodeODNB.
^ ^a ^b ^c Lynn F. Pearson (4 March 2008). Discovering Famous Graves. Osprey Publishing. pp. 41, 52, 113. ISBN 978-0-7478-0619-6. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
^ "Howick Hall Gardens -The Church". Howick Hall Gardens.
^ PeelODNB.
^ RussODNB.
^ "Knowsley Local History - Derby Chapel". Knowsley Local History.
^ "History of The Churches of Great Stanmore". St John's Church Stanmore.
^ PalmODNB.
^ Robert J. Wilson (2001). Walking in Buckinghamshire. Cicerone Press Limited. p. 93. ISBN 978-1-85284-301-4. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
^ "William and Catherine Gladstone". Westminster Abbey.
^ The Railway Magazine. IPC Business Press. 1908. p. 338. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
^ RoseODNB.
^ Eugene L. Rasor (1998). Arthur James Balfour, 1848-1930: historiography and annotated bibliography. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-313-28877-7. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
^ CampBanODNB.
^ The River Thames. frances lincoln ltd. 2010. p. 119. ISBN 978-0-7112-2958-7. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
^ "The village of Llanystumdwy". Llanystumdwy Village.
^ ^a ^b Self 2006, pp. 447–48.
^ Peter Long (2004). The Hidden Places Of England. Travel Publishing Ltd. p. 600. ISBN 978-1-904434-12-2. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
^ Austen Morgan (1987). James Ramsay MacDonald. Manchester University Press. p. 237. ISBN 978-0-7190-2168-8. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
^ Sebastian Haffner (2003). Churchill. Haus Publishing. p. 15. ISBN 978-1-904341-07-9. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
^ Keith Laybourn (2002). Fifty Key Figures in Twentieth-century British Politics. Routledge Chapman & Hall. p. 15. ISBN 978-0-415-22676-9. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
^ Coppin 2006, p. 128.
^ Thorpe (1997), pp. 463–464
^ David Clegg (April 2005). Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. Troubador Publishing Ltd. p. 161. ISBN 978-1-904744-99-3. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
^ "The Rt. Hon. Sir Edward Heath interred in Salisbury Cathedral". Salisbury Cathedral. 14 November 2005.
^ "James Callghan". Westminster Abbey. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
^ "Margaret Thatcher's ashes interred at Royal Hospital Chelsea". BBC News. 29 September 2013.

References

Taylor, Stephen. "Walpole, Sir Robert". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/28601. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.); cited as WalODNB.
Hanham, A. A. "Compton, Spencer, earl of Wilmington". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/6036. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.); cited as CompODNB.
Kulisheck, A. J. "Pelham, Henry". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/21789. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.); cited as PelODNB.
Browning, Reed. "Holles, Thomas Pelham, duke of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/21801. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.); cited as ThPelODNB.
Schweizer, Karl Wolfgang. "Cavendish, William, duke of Devonshire". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/4949. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.); cited as CavODNB.
Schweizer, Karl Wolfgang. "Stuart, John, third earl of Bute". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/26716. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.); cited as ButeODNB.
Beckett, J. V. "Grenville, George". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/11489. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.); cited as GrenODNB.
Farrell, S. M. "Wentworth, Charles Watson, second marquess of Rockingham". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/28878. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.); cited as RockODNB.
Durrant, Peter. "FitzRoy, Augustus Henry, third duke of Grafton". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/9628. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.); cited as GrafODNB.
Morris, A. J. A. "Bannerman, Sir Henry Campbell". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/32275. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.); cited as CampBanODNB.
Davis, John. "Primrose, Archibald Philip, fifth earl of Rosebery and first earl of Midlothian". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/35612. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.); cited as RoseODNB.
Thomas, Peter D. G. "North, Frederick, second earl of Guilford". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/20304. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.); cited as NorODNB.
Wilkinson, David. "Bentinck, William Henry Cavendish Cavendish, third duke of Portland". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/2162. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.); cited as PortODNB.
Jupp, P. J. "Grenville, William Wyndham, Baron Grenville". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/11501. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.); cited as GrenBarODNB.
Jupp, P. J. "Perceval, Spencer". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/21916. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.); cited as SpenODNB.
Beales, Derek. "Canning, George". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/4556. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.); cited as CanODNB.
Prest, John. "Peel, Sir Robert, second baronet". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/21764. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.); cited as PeelODNB.
Jupp, P. J. "Robinson, Frederick John, first Viscount Goderich and first earl of Ripon". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/23836. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.); cited as GodeODNB.
Prest, John. "Russell, John [formerly Lord John Russell], first Earl Russell". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/24325. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.); cited as RussODNB.
Steele, David. "Temple, Henry John, third Viscount Palmerston". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/27112. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.); cited as PalmODNB.
Coppin, Paul (2006). 101 Medieval Churches of West Sussex. Seaford: S.B. Publications. ISBN 1-85770-3065.
Self, Robert (2006). Neville Chamberlain: A Biography. Ashgate. ISBN 978-0-7546-5615-9.
Thorpe, D R (1997). Alec Douglas-Home. London: SinclairStevenson. ISBN 1856196631.

External links

[WalODNB-1] WalODNB.

[CompODNB-2] CompODNB.

[PelODNB-3] PelODNB.

[ThPelODNB-4] ThPelODNB.

[CavODNB-5] CavODNB.

[ButeODNB-6] ButeODNB.

[GrenODNB-7] GrenODNB.

[RockODNB-8] RockODNB.

[WestAb-9] "William Pitt and Family". Westminster Abbey.

[GrafODNB-10] GrafODNB.

[NorODNB-11] NorODNB.

[AllSaHW-12] "Our heritage". All Saints High Wycombe. Archived from the original on 2013-04-06. Retrieved 2013-04-12.

[PortODNB-13] PortODNB.

[MortPar-14] "St Mary the Virgin - A historical guide" (PDF). Mortlake Parish.

[GrenBarODNB-15] GrenBarODNB.

[SpenODNB-16] SpenODNB.

[BritList-17] "Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Hawkesbury". British Listed Buildings.

[GodeODNB-18] GodeODNB.

[Pearson2008-19] Lynn F. Pearson (4 March 2008). Discovering Famous Graves. Osprey Publishing. pp. 41, 52, 113. ISBN 978-0-7478-0619-6. Retrieved 12 April 2013.

[HowickHall-20] "Howick Hall Gardens -The Church". Howick Hall Gardens.

[PeelODNB-21] PeelODNB.

[RussODNB-22] RussODNB.

[Derb-23] "Knowsley Local History - Derby Chapel". Knowsley Local History.

[StJStan-24] "History of The Churches of Great Stanmore". St John's Church Stanmore.

[PalmODNB-25] PalmODNB.

[Wilson2001-26] Robert J. Wilson (2001). Walking in Buckinghamshire. Cicerone Press Limited. p. 93. ISBN 978-1-85284-301-4. Retrieved 12 April 2013.

[WestAb2-27] "William and Catherine Gladstone". Westminster Abbey.

[The_Railway_Magazine-28] The Railway Magazine. IPC Business Press. 1908. p. 338. Retrieved 12 April 2013.

[RoseODNB-29] RoseODNB.

[Rasor1998-30] Eugene L. Rasor (1998). Arthur James Balfour, 1848-1930: historiography and annotated bibliography. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-313-28877-7. Retrieved 12 April 2013.

[CampBanODNB-31] CampBanODNB.

[The_River_Thames-32] The River Thames. frances lincoln ltd. 2010. p. 119. ISBN 978-0-7112-2958-7. Retrieved 12 April 2013.

[LlanyVillage-33] "The village of Llanystumdwy". Llanystumdwy Village.

[FOOTNOTESelf2006447–48-34] Self 2006, pp. 447–48.

[Long2004-35] Peter Long (2004). The Hidden Places Of England. Travel Publishing Ltd. p. 600. ISBN 978-1-904434-12-2. Retrieved 12 April 2013.

[Morgan1987-36] Austen Morgan (1987). James Ramsay MacDonald. Manchester University Press. p. 237. ISBN 978-0-7190-2168-8. Retrieved 12 April 2013.

[Haffner2003-37] Sebastian Haffner (2003). Churchill. Haus Publishing. p. 15. ISBN 978-1-904341-07-9. Retrieved 12 April 2013.

[Laybourn2002-38] Keith Laybourn (2002). Fifty Key Figures in Twentieth-century British Politics. Routledge Chapman & Hall. p. 15. ISBN 978-0-415-22676-9. Retrieved 12 April 2013.

[Coppin128-39] Coppin 2006, p. 128.

[40] Thorpe (1997), pp. 463–464

[Clegg2005-41] David Clegg (April 2005). Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. Troubador Publishing Ltd. p. 161. ISBN 978-1-904744-99-3. Retrieved 12 April 2013.

[SalisburyCath-42] "The Rt. Hon. Sir Edward Heath interred in Salisbury Cathedral". Salisbury Cathedral. 14 November 2005.

[Callaghan-43] "James Callghan". Westminster Abbey. Retrieved 24 November 2022.

[BBCSep-44] "Margaret Thatcher's ashes interred at Royal Hospital Chelsea". BBC News. 29 September 2013.

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