Notable Graves at Brookwood Cemetery

Noteable Graves at Brookwood Cemetery

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Sir Thomas Dakin (1808 – 1889)

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 the...

Khurshid Hassan Drabu CBE (8 March 1946 to 20 April 2018) [Plot M4]

Khurshid Hassan Drabu CBE[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 devoted his life to working for...

Professor Sir Arthur Schuster (1851-1934) [PLOT 56]

Professor Sir Arthur Schuster (1851-1934)[PLOT 56]Mathematical Physicist. Sir Franz Arthur Friedrich Schuster FRS FRSE born 12th September 1851 was a German-born British physicist known for his work in spectroscopy, electrochemistry, optics,X-radiography and the...

Thomas Humphrey (1839-1878)

Thomas Humphrey (1839-1878)[PLOT 82]Cricketer 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...

Boris Berezovsky (1946-2013) [PLOT 4]

Boris Berezovsky (1946-2013)[PLOT 4]Russian businessman, government official and mathematician. Boris Abramovich Berezovsky, also known as Platon Elenin, was a Russian business oligarch, government official, engineer, and mathematician. He was a member of the Russian...

HRH Sharif Al-Hussein Ben Ali (1919-1998) [PLOT 119]

HRH Sharif Al-Hussein Ben Ali (1919-1998) [PLOT 119] [MUHAMMADAN PLOT]Member of the Iraqi royal family which was ousted in 1958 when nationalists shot King Faisal II and his family.

Sir Cosmo Edmund Duff-Gordon, 5th Baronet DL (22nd July 1862-20th April 1931) [Plot 25]

Sir Cosmo Edmund Duff-Gordon, 5th Baronet DL (22nd July 1862-20th April 1931) [Plot 25]Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon 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,...

Sarah Eleanor Smith (1861-1931) [PLOT 32]

Sarah Eleanor Smith (1861-1931) [PLOT 32]Widow of Captain Edward J Smith, Captain of the Titanic, who was lost at sea as the liner sank on its maiden voyage in April 1912. Mrs Smith was gravely injured when she was knocked down by a taxi in London and died at St Mary...

Lady Henry Somerset (1852-1921) [PLOT 46]

Lady Henry Somerset (1852-1921) [PLOT 46]Advocate of temperance and women’s welfare. Born Lady Isabella Caroline Somers-Cocks; 3rd August 1851 was a British philanthropist, temperance leader and campaigner for women's rights. As president of the British Women's...

Sir Alex Meadows Rendel (1829-1918) [PLOT 45]

Sir Alex Meadows Rendel (1829-1918) [PLOT 45]>Civil Engineer.Born on the 3rd April, 1829, educated at King’s College, Canterbury, and Trinity College, Cambridge, he began his engineering career under his father, the late James Meadows Rendel, on the death of his...