Margaret Thatcher funeral: Where are other British prime ministers buried?
Some lie among kings and queens in Westminster Abbey, while
some are alongside the people they served in tucked away country
churchyards
They all achieved the highest office in the land... and yet the final resting places of our Prime Ministers are very different.
Some lie among kings and queens in Westminster Abbey, while some are alongside the people they served in tucked away country churchyards.
Others chose locations of great personal significance, such as David Lloyd George, whose ashes were scattered on a riverbank in Wales.
Margaret Thatcher, who died on Monday aged 87, will be given a controversial £10million ceremonial send-off at St Paul’s Cathedral on Wednesday, before being cremated at Mortlake, South West London.
Her ashes will then be buried next to her loyal husband Denis, at the Royal Hospital in Chelsea, West London.
Here we reveal the final resting places of some of our most notable leaders.
Sir Robert Walpole (Whig)
Served: April 1721– February 1742
Died: March 18, 1745
Buried: In the church on his home estate, Houghton Hall, New Houghton, Norfolk
Marquess of Rockingham (Whig)
Served: July 1765-July 1766
Died: July 1, 1782
Buried: York Minster, York
Earl of Bute (Tory)
Served: May 1762 - April 1763
Died: March 10, 1792
Buried: Rothesay Cemetery, Isle of Bute, Scotland
George Grenville (Whig)
Served: August 1763 - July 1765
Died: Nov 13, 1770
Buried: The Chantry Chapel of St Mary & Catherine at Wotton House, his family seat in Wotton Underwood, Buckinghamshire
William Pitt the Younger (Tory)
Served: December 1783 - February 1801
Died: January 23, 1806
Buried: Westminster Abbey
Viscount Melbourne (Whig)
Served: July 1834 - November 1834
Died: November 24, 1848
Buried: St Etheldreda’s parish church, Hatfield, Herts.
Duke of Wellington (Tory)
Served: January 1828 - November 1830
Died: September 14, 1852
Buried: St Paul’s Cathedral
Sir Robert Peel (Conservative)
Served: December 1834 - April 1835
Died: July 2, 1850
Buried: St Peter’s Church, Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire
Benjamin Disraeli (Conservative)
Served:February 1868 - December 1868
Died: April 19, 1881
Buried: St Michael and All Angels, Hughenden, Buckinghamshire
Arthur Balfour (Conservative)
Served: July 1902 – December 1905
Died: March 1930, aged 81
Buried: in the Balfour family plot in Whittingehame, East Lothian, Scotland.
Henry Campbell-Bannerman (Liberal)
Served: December 1905 – April 1908
Died: April 1908, aged 71
Buried: Meigle Parish Church, Perthshire.
Herbert Asquith (Liberal)
Served: April 1908 – December 1916
Died: February 1928, aged 75
Buried: All Saints’ Church, Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire
David Lloyd George (Liberal)
Served: December 1916 – October 1922
Died: March 1945, aged 82
Buried: cremated at Golders Green, north London, and his ashes scattered on the bank of the River Dwfor, Llanystumdwy, Gwynedd, Wales
Bonar Law (Conservative)
Served: October 1922 – May 1923
Died: 30 October 1923, aged 65
Buried: in Westminister Cathedral
Ramsay MacDonald (Labour)
Served: January - November 1924 and June 1929 – June 1935
Died: November 9, 1937, aged 71
Buried: cremated at Golders Green Crematorium, north London and buried in the Spynie Churchyard, Lossiemouth, Moray, Scotland.
Stanley Baldwin (Conservative)
Served: May 1923 – January 1924, November 1924 – June 1929 and June 1935 – May 1937
Died: 14 December 1947, aged 80
Buried: Cremated at Golders Green, North London and buried at Worcester Cathedral, Worcester.
Neville Chamberlain (Conservative)
Served: May 1937– May 1940
Died: November 9, 1940 aged 71
Buried: His ashes are interred in the south of the nave altar at Westminster Abbey after he was cremated at Golders Green.
Clement Attlee (Labour)
Served July 1945 to October 1951
Died: October 8, 1967, aged 84
Buried: cremated in his birthplace of Putney, south west London and his ashes interred in the North aisle of Westminster Abbey
Winston Churchill (Conservative)
Served: May 1940 – July 1945 and October 1951 – April 1955
Died: January 24, 1965, aged 90
Buried: St Martin Churchyard, Bladon, Oxfordshire
Anthony Eden (Conservative)
Served: April 1955 - January 1957
Died: January 14, 1977
Buried: St Mary churchyard, Alvediston, Wiltshire
Harold MacMillan (Labour)
Served: January 1957 to October 1963
Died: December. 29, 1986 aged 92
Buried: at the Macmillan family plot in St Giles Churchyard, Horsted Keynes, West Sussex
Alec Douglas-Home (Conservative)
Served: October 1963 – October 1964
Died: October 1995, aged 92
Buried: Lennel churchyard, Coldstream, Scottish Borders
Harold Wilson (Labour)
Served: October 1964 – June 1970 and March 1974 – April 1976
Died: May 24, 1995, aged 79
Buried: St Mary Old Church Churchyard, St Marys, Cornwall
Edward Heath (Conservative)
Served: June 1970 to March 1974
Died: July 17, 2005
Buried: Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury, Wiltshire
James Callaghan (Labour)
Served: April 1976 until May 1979
Died: March 26, 2005, aged 92
Buried: cremated and his ashes were scattered around the base of the Peter Pan statue at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London.
Some lie among kings and queens in Westminster Abbey, while some are alongside the people they served in tucked away country churchyards.
Others chose locations of great personal significance, such as David Lloyd George, whose ashes were scattered on a riverbank in Wales.
Margaret Thatcher, who died on Monday aged 87, will be given a controversial £10million ceremonial send-off at St Paul’s Cathedral on Wednesday, before being cremated at Mortlake, South West London.
Her ashes will then be buried next to her loyal husband Denis, at the Royal Hospital in Chelsea, West London.
Here we reveal the final resting places of some of our most notable leaders.
Sir Robert Walpole (Whig)
Served: April 1721– February 1742
Died: March 18, 1745
Buried: In the church on his home estate, Houghton Hall, New Houghton, Norfolk
Marquess of Rockingham (Whig)
Served: July 1765-July 1766
Died: July 1, 1782
Buried: York Minster, York
Earl of Bute (Tory)
Served: May 1762 - April 1763
Died: March 10, 1792
Buried: Rothesay Cemetery, Isle of Bute, Scotland
George Grenville (Whig)
Served: August 1763 - July 1765
Died: Nov 13, 1770
Buried: The Chantry Chapel of St Mary & Catherine at Wotton House, his family seat in Wotton Underwood, Buckinghamshire
William Pitt the Younger (Tory)
Served: December 1783 - February 1801
Died: January 23, 1806
Buried: Westminster Abbey
Viscount Melbourne (Whig)
Served: July 1834 - November 1834
Died: November 24, 1848
Buried: St Etheldreda’s parish church, Hatfield, Herts.
Duke of Wellington (Tory)
Served: January 1828 - November 1830
Died: September 14, 1852
Buried: St Paul’s Cathedral
Sir Robert Peel (Conservative)
Served: December 1834 - April 1835
Died: July 2, 1850
Buried: St Peter’s Church, Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire
Benjamin Disraeli (Conservative)
Served:February 1868 - December 1868
Died: April 19, 1881
Buried: St Michael and All Angels, Hughenden, Buckinghamshire
Arthur Balfour (Conservative)
Served: July 1902 – December 1905
Died: March 1930, aged 81
Buried: in the Balfour family plot in Whittingehame, East Lothian, Scotland.
Henry Campbell-Bannerman (Liberal)
Served: December 1905 – April 1908
Died: April 1908, aged 71
Buried: Meigle Parish Church, Perthshire.
Herbert Asquith (Liberal)
Served: April 1908 – December 1916
Died: February 1928, aged 75
Buried: All Saints’ Church, Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire
David Lloyd George (Liberal)
Served: December 1916 – October 1922
Died: March 1945, aged 82
Buried: cremated at Golders Green, north London, and his ashes scattered on the bank of the River Dwfor, Llanystumdwy, Gwynedd, Wales
Bonar Law (Conservative)
Served: October 1922 – May 1923
Died: 30 October 1923, aged 65
Buried: in Westminister Cathedral
Ramsay MacDonald (Labour)
Served: January - November 1924 and June 1929 – June 1935
Died: November 9, 1937, aged 71
Buried: cremated at Golders Green Crematorium, north London and buried in the Spynie Churchyard, Lossiemouth, Moray, Scotland.
Stanley Baldwin (Conservative)
Served: May 1923 – January 1924, November 1924 – June 1929 and June 1935 – May 1937
Died: 14 December 1947, aged 80
Buried: Cremated at Golders Green, North London and buried at Worcester Cathedral, Worcester.
Neville Chamberlain (Conservative)
Served: May 1937– May 1940
Died: November 9, 1940 aged 71
Buried: His ashes are interred in the south of the nave altar at Westminster Abbey after he was cremated at Golders Green.
Clement Attlee (Labour)
Served July 1945 to October 1951
Died: October 8, 1967, aged 84
Buried: cremated in his birthplace of Putney, south west London and his ashes interred in the North aisle of Westminster Abbey
Winston Churchill (Conservative)
Served: May 1940 – July 1945 and October 1951 – April 1955
Died: January 24, 1965, aged 90
Buried: St Martin Churchyard, Bladon, Oxfordshire
Anthony Eden (Conservative)
Served: April 1955 - January 1957
Died: January 14, 1977
Buried: St Mary churchyard, Alvediston, Wiltshire
Harold MacMillan (Labour)
Served: January 1957 to October 1963
Died: December. 29, 1986 aged 92
Buried: at the Macmillan family plot in St Giles Churchyard, Horsted Keynes, West Sussex
Alec Douglas-Home (Conservative)
Served: October 1963 – October 1964
Died: October 1995, aged 92
Buried: Lennel churchyard, Coldstream, Scottish Borders
Harold Wilson (Labour)
Served: October 1964 – June 1970 and March 1974 – April 1976
Died: May 24, 1995, aged 79
Buried: St Mary Old Church Churchyard, St Marys, Cornwall
Edward Heath (Conservative)
Served: June 1970 to March 1974
Died: July 17, 2005
Buried: Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury, Wiltshire
James Callaghan (Labour)
Served: April 1976 until May 1979
Died: March 26, 2005, aged 92
Buried: cremated and his ashes were scattered around the base of the Peter Pan statue at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London.