The Friends' Magazine

 

The Friends of Kensal Green Cemetery publish a quarterly A4 newsletter, which is free to members. As well as news of the Friends' activities, the magazine features a number of articles every month on individuals buried in the cemetery -- both the famous and the less well-known -- as well as 'travel features' on other cemeteries worldwide, and details of events for Friends and visitors at Kensal Green cemetery and elsewhere.

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Features in recent issues have included short biographical articles on the following notable personalities, some of which we hope to publish here over the coming months:

Balfe, Michael William (1808-70) No. 28, April 2001
Batty, William (see Ducrow)
Beatty, Sir William (1773-1842) No. 16, December 1995
Blane, Archibald William (1788-1854) No. 34, Spring 2004
Blondin (Jean Francois Gravelet) (1824-97) No. 20, April 1997
Byron, Lord George (1788-1824) connections at KGC: No. 20, April, 1997
Camken, James (1798-1865) No. 36, Autumn 2004
Cassel, Sir Ernest Joseph (1852-1921) No. 23, August 1998
Clifton, Harry (1832-72) No. 29, September 2001
Collins, Sam (1826-65) No. 21, September 1997
Compston, Joshua (1971-96) No. 28, April, 2001
Cooke Family (see Ducrow)
Costa, Sir Michael (1808-1884) No. 35, Summer 2004
Crocker, Frank (?1863-1904) No. 29, September, 2001
Cruikshank, George (1792-1878) No. 18, June 1996
Dawes, Sophie (Baronne de Feucheres de Charlepont) (1790-1840)
De La Bourdonnais, Louis Charles (1795-1840) No. 13, November 1994
De La Rue, Thomas (1793-1866) & Warren (1815-89) No. 16, December 1995
Dene, Dorothy (1859-1900) No. 34, Spring 2004
Dickson, General Sir Collingwood (1817-1904) No. 16, December 1995
Dilke, Sir Charles Wentworth (1843-1911) No. 26, July 2000
Dowbiggin, Thomas (d,1854) No. 17, March 1996 (see Holland)
Ducrow, Andrew (1793-1842) No. 20, April 1997
Falcieri, Giovanni Battista (1798-1876) No. 31, Autumn 2002)
Franklin, Lady Jane (wife of Sir John Franklin) (1792-1875) No. 18, June 1996
Freeling, Francis (1764-1836) No. 16, December 1995
Frith, William Powell (1819-1909) No. 34, Spring 2004.
Ginnett, Jean Pierre (see Ducrow)
Gorrequer, Lt. Col. Gideon (?1781-1841) No. 28, April, 2001.
Hawthorne, Sophia & Una (1809-71) & 1844-77) No. 35, Summer 2004
James, Frank Linsly (1851-90) No. 18, June 19
Jones, Owen (1809-74) No. 31, Autumn 2002
Kashiwagi, Monzo (1849 -77) No. 31, Autumn 2002
Lander, John (1807-39) No. 18, June 1996
Leclerq, Rose (1845-99) No. 18, June 1996
Leslie, Alfred (Lester) (1874-1925) No. 25, March 2000 & No. 29, September 2001
Long, John St. John (1798-1834) No. 11, March 1994, No. 34, Spring 2004
Maceroni, Francis (1788-1846) No. 36, Autumn 2004
Macready, William Charles (1793-1873) No. 22, March 1998
McClure, Sir Robert John (1807-73) No. 18, June 1996
McCormick, Robert (1800-90) No. 18, June 1996
McDonnell, Alexander (1798-1835) No. 13, November 1994
Mornington, Earl of (1788-1857) No. 13, November 1994
Mulready, William (1786-1863) No. 16, December 1995
Newton, Sir Charles Thomas (1816-94) No. 18, June 1996
Peart, Walter & Dean, Henry (d. 1898) No. 25, March 2000
Perring, John Shae (1813-69) No. 18, June 1996
Physick family No. 30 February 2002
Ross, Sir John (1777-1856) No. 18, June 1996
Ross, W.G. (?-1881) No. 29, September 2001
Salmon, Frederick (1795-1868) No. 24, February 1999
Sievier, Robert (1794-1865) No. 11, March, 1994
Sligo, 2nd Marquess (Howe Peter Browne) No. 11, March, 1994
Smith, Sydney (1771-1845) No. 17, March 1996
Soyer, Alexis (1810-8) No. 23, August 1998 & 27, December 2000
Staunton, Howard (1810-74) No. 13, November 1994
Stuart, John McDouall (1815-66) No. 18, June 1996 & No. 27, December 2000
Tagore, Dwarkanauth (1794-1846) No. 19, November 1996
Thackeray, Anne (1793 -1864) No. 19, November 1996
Thackeray, William Makepeace (1811-63) No. 29, September 2001
Thomas, John (1813-62) No. 35, Summer 2004
Thompson, John (1785-1866) No. 16, Dec. 1995
Trollope, Anthony (1815-82) No. 16, Dec.1995
Twigger, Joseph (1801-1855) No. 36, Autumn 2004
Vestris, Madame Lucia Elizabeth (1797-1836) No. 25, March 2000
Wakley, Thomas (1795-1862) No. 34, Spring 2004
Whiteley, William (1831-1907) No. 34, Spring 2004
Wilde, Jane (1821-96) No. 19, November 1996 & No. 27, December 2000

 
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