Noteable Graves at Brookwood Cemetery
You can browse some of the notable people buried here at the cemetery below and find out more information about them.
Arthur Schuster
Professor Sir Arthur Schuster FRS (1851-1934) [PLOT 56] Mathematical Physicist. Born in 1851 in Frankfurt Germany. The family moved to Manchester in 1869. He showed an interest in science from an early age and persuaded his father to allow him to study in this field....
Thomas Dakin
Sir Thomas Dakin (1808 – 1889) [The Ring] City Businessman and Lord Mayor of London. Dakin was born in Knutsford, Cheshire on 8 February 1808, he was educated at Knutsford Grammar School and London University. He first worked for a wholesale and export druggist in...
Bolton Mausoleum
Bolton Family Mausoleum Plot [Plot 34] Within this Mausoleum lie Sir Samuel Bagster Boulton (1830-1918), an industrialist. He was chairman of Burt, Boulton and Haywood Ltd. Boulton was also chairman of the Dominion Tar and Chemical Company, of the...
Rebecca West
DAME REBECCA WEST (1892-1983) [PLOT 81] Author, reporter, literary critic. Born Cicily Fairfield, she began writing for The Freewoman under the pseudonym “Rebecca West”. Her book ‘Henry James’ (published 1916) established her literary reputation. When she was...
Khurshid Hassan Drabu
Khurshid Hassan Drabu CBE (8 March 1946 to 20 April 2018) [Plot M4] Khurshid Hassan Drabu, was the first Muslim judge in Britain serving on immigration and asylum matters, and one of the most influential and senior figures in the Muslim community in the UK. He...
Matthew Fontaine Maury Meiklejohn
MEIKLEJOHN, Matthew F. M. (1870-1913) [Plot 3] Major Matthew Fontaine Maury Meiklejohn VC was educated atFettes College. He joined the Gordon Highlanders in India in 1891. He saw active service with the Chitral Relief Force (1895) and the Tirah Expedition...
Thomas Humphrey
Cricketer Thomas Humphrey (1839-1878) [Plot82] Thomas was born 16th January 1839 in Mitcham. At the age of 23 he was playing first-class cricket for Surrey. He was known as the “Pocket Hercules” for although he was short, he could hit powerfully, he was considered one...
Edward Lewes Cutts
Antiquary. Edward Lewes Cutts (1824-1901) [Plot 4] Edward Cutts was born in Sheffield and educated at the Sheffield Collegiate School and Queen’s College Cambridge. He was ordained in 1848 and was curate of Ide Hill, Kent (1848-50); Coggeshall, Essex (1850-57);...
Sharif Al-Hussein Ben Ali
HRH Sharif Al-Hussein Ben Ali (1919-1998) [PLOT 119] Member of the Iraqi royal family which was ousted in 1958 when nationalists shot King Faisal II and his family.
Cosmo Edmund Duff-Gordon
Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon 5th Baronet DL (22nd July 1862-20th April 1931) [Plot 25] was a prominent Scottish landowner and sportsman, best known for the controversy surrounding his escape from the sinking of the RMS Titanic. Educated at Eton, Sir Cosmo lived a life of...