Noteable Graves at Brookwood Cemetery
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Arthur Stockdale Cope KCVO, RA. (1857–1940) [PLOT 8]
Arthur Stockdale Cope KCVO, RA. (1857–1940) [PLOT 8]Portrait Painter. Cope was born on 2nd November 1857, in South Kensington, London. His father was Charles West Cope (1811–1890), a successful history and genre painter, his mother was Charlotte Benning. He...
Sir John Wolfe Barry (1836-1918) [PLOT 4]
Sir John Wolfe Barry (1836-1918) [PLOT 4]Civil EngineerEnglish civil engineer of the late 19th and early 20th century. His most famous project was the construction of Tower Bridge over the River Thames in London. He was a recognised industry leader He also played a...
Edward White (1873-1952) [GLADES OF REMEMBRANCE]
Edward White (1873-1952) [GLADES OF REMEMBRANCE]Landscape Architect. Edward White was a distinguished landscape architect. Born in Worthing, he came to London and met civil engineer H E Milner to whom he became an apprentice. After taken into partnership, he married...
Dennis Yates Wheatley (1897-1977) [GLADES OF REMEMBRANCE]
Dennis Yates Wheatley (1897-1977) [GLADES OF REMEMBRANCE]Novelist.An English writer whose prolific output of thrillers and occult novels made him one of the world's best-selling authors from the 1930s through the 1960s. His Gregory Sallust series was one of the main...
Forest Frederic Edward Yeo Thomas (1901-1964) [GLADES OF REMEMBRANCE]
Forest Frederic Edward Yeo Thomas (1901-1964) [GLADES OF REMEMBRANCE]Wartime SOE (Special Operations Executive) Wing Commander Forest Frederick Edward Yeo-Thomas, GC, MC & Bar, known as "Tommy", was a British Special Operations Executive (SOE) agent in the Second...
Sir Edward Robert Peacock (1871-1962) [GLADES OF REMEMBRANCE]
Sir Edward Robert Peacock (1871-1962) [GLADES OF REMEMBRANCE]Merchant Banker.A Canadian merchant banker, born in St. Elmo, Glengarry County, Ontario. He is perhaps best known as a director of the Bank of England, or for his role as receiver general to the Duchy of...
Albert Visetti (1946-1928) [PLOT123]
Albert Visetti (1946-1928) [PLOT123]Musician.A Dalmatian musician who moved to London where he was Professor of Singing at the Royal College of Music, becoming a Fellow in 1921. He was the stepfather of the novelist Radclyffe Hall.Born in Solin in Dalmatia to a...
Stanley Hugh Coryton Roberts (1889-1957) [PLOT 119]
Stanley Hugh Coryton Roberts (1889-1957) [PLOT 119]Founder of the British School of Motoring.Inventor, Automotive Pioneer. An outstanding figure in technical education and training in Britain. Roberts was convinced that Britain could maintain its position in the world...
Sir Percy Girouard (1867-1932) [PLOT 123]
Sir Percy Girouard (1867-1932) [PLOT 123]Canadian Railway Engineer, High Commissioner of Northern Nigeria, and the East Africa Protectorate.Born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of Désiré Girouard and Essie Cranwill, he attended Collège de Montréal (1877–1878) and College...
Margaret, Duchess of Argyll (1912-1993) [PLOT 119]
Margaret, Duchess of Argyll (1912-1993) [PLOT 119] Born Ethel Margaret Whigham 1st December 1912. Her father was a Scottish millionaire she was an only child. Her early years were spent in New York. In 1930 she was presented at court and voted debutante of the year....