The General Cemetery of All Souls, Kensal Green,
boasts one of the finest collection of funerary monuments in the world,
with over 130 already Grade II* or Grade
II Listed in the national registry of buildings of special architectural
or historic interest. A great many more also mark the graves of notable
personalities, or appeal as sculpture in their own right. We shall
be adding to these pages over the next few months.
Motifs
Broken column:
symbol of a life cut short, or the loss of the head of the family
Royalty & Aristocracy
HRH Augustus Frederick Duke of Sussex (1773-1843)
Cecilia Letitia, Duchess of Inverness (1793-1873)
Science & Engineering
Charles Babbage
(1791-1871)
Mathematician, pioneer of computing
Kensal Green Founders
George Frederick Carden
(1798-1874)
Barrister, founder of Kensal Green
Veiled urn: an allusion to the veneration of cremated remains in ancient Rome
HRH Princess Sophia
(1777-1848)
Sir Marc Isambard Brunel
(1769-1849)
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
(1806-1859)
Engineers
Sir John Dean Paul
1st Baronet
(d. 1852)
Banker, principal financial backer of the nascent General Cemetery Company
HRH George William Frederick Charles
Duke of Cambridge KG
(1819-1904)
Sarah Louisa Fairbrother
('Mrs. Fitzgeorge')
(1816-1890)
Joseph Locke, FRS
(1805-1860)
Civil engineer
Charles Broughton Bowman
(d. c1840)
First secretary of the General Cemetery Company, Kensal Green
William John Cavendish-Bentinck-Scott
5th Duke of Portland
(1800-1879)
John Robinson McClean
FRS PICE FGS FRAS
(1813-1873)
Civil engineer
Francis William (Frank) McClean
FRS MA LLD FRAS MICE
(1837-1904)
Astronomer
Robert William Sievier, FRS
(1794-1865)
Sculptor & early member of the Board
George Augustus Frederick Percy Sydney Smythe, 7th Viscount Strangford, Second Baron Penshurst (1818-1857)
Percy Ellen Algernon Frederick William Sydney Smythe, 8th Viscount Strangford (1825-1869)
Emily Ann Beaufort, Viscountess Strangford (1826-1887)
David Napier
(1790-1869)
Marine engineer
Andrew Spottiswoode MP
(1786-1866)
Bible publisher & early member of the Board
The Hon. Patrick Bowes-Lyon
(c1863-1946)
Fifth son of the 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn, uncle of Her Majesty
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (1900-2002)
Sir John Rennie
(1794-1874)
Civil engineer
Henry Edward Kendall
(1776-1875)
Architect, winner of Kensal Green's 100 guinea architectural competition
Mary Ann Thurston
(1810-1896)
Nurse to the children of Queen Victoria, memorial designed by HRH Princess Louise
Margaret Gregory
(d. 1832)
Wife of the scurrilous journalist Barnard Gregory (1796-1852); first funeral conducted in Kensal Green
(31 December 1832)