Highgate Cemetery

London, England

Est. 1839 37 acres 830+ memorials
A Victorian cemetery in north London, famous for its Gothic architecture and notable burials including Karl Marx and George Eliot.

Memorials

William Channell
1804–1873 (age 69)
Highgate Cemetery
Judge whose long tenure on the bench brought measured fairness to the common law courts.
George Harley
1791–1871 (age 80)
Highgate Cemetery
George Harley was a nineteenth-century painter whose artistic works contributed to Victorian visual culture.
Thomas Mudie
1809–1876 (age 67)
Highgate Cemetery
Composer whose melodic works graced Victorian concert halls and nurtured young musicians.
Richard Moore
1810–1878 (age 68)
Highgate Cemetery
Richard Moore was a nineteenth-century carver whose skilled craftsmanship contributed to Victorian decorative and fine a...
William Payne
1803–1878 (age 75)
Highgate Cemetery
Stage actor celebrated for his versatility and dignified portrayals in London theatres.
Charles Collier
1785–1870 (age 85)
Highgate Cemetery
Charles Collier was a medical officer who practiced during the late 18th and 19th centuries.
William Kingdon Clifford
1845–1879 (age 34)
Highgate Cemetery
William Kingdon Clifford (1845-1879) was a brilliant English mathematician and philosopher from Exeter who made signific...
William Lewis
1787–1870 (age 83)
Highgate Cemetery
William Lewis was a chess player of the 19th century.
William Lovett
1800–1877 (age 77)
Highgate Cemetery
William Lovett was a principled Chartist leader who fought peacefully for political reform and the betterment of working...
Edward Blyth
1810–1873 (age 63)
Highgate Cemetery
Edward Blyth was a naturalist whose work advanced 19th-century natural science.
Euphrosyne Parepa-Rosa
1836–1874 (age 38)
Highgate Cemetery
Euphrosyne Parepa-Rosa was a luminous opera singer and co-founder of a company that brought grand opera to wider audienc...
Sherard Osborn
1822–1875 (age 53)
Highgate Cemetery
Sherard Osborn was a naval officer who served in the 19th century.
Robert Caesar Childers
1838–1876 (age 38)
Highgate Cemetery
Robert Caesar Childers was an orientalist whose linguistic scholarship illuminated Burmese language and culture for West...
Robert Edmond Grant
1793–1874 (age 81)
Highgate Cemetery
Robert Edmond Grant was a writer active during the 19th century.
William Hepworth Dixon
1821–1879 (age 58)
Highgate Cemetery
William Hepworth Dixon was an influential writer and reform-minded historian whose work helped shape public debate in Vi...
John Benjamin Heath
1790–1879 (age 89)
Highgate Cemetery
John Benjamin Heath was a merchant of the 19th century.
Robert William Buss
1804–1875 (age 71)
Highgate Cemetery
Robert William Buss was an illustrator whose lively depictions helped shape the visual culture of Victorian London.
Frederick Denison Maurice
1805–1872 (age 67)
Highgate Cemetery
Frederick Denison Maurice was a notable Victorian writer whose intellectual contributions shaped nineteenth-century thou...
John James Napier
1831–1877 (age 46)
Highgate Cemetery
John James Napier was a painter whose refined works reflected a deep commitment to atmosphere and detail.
Julian Tolmé
1836–1878 (age 42)
Highgate Cemetery
Julian Tolmé was a civil engineer whose professional contributions supported the development and infrastructure advance...
George Baden Crawley
1833–1879 (age 46)
Highgate Cemetery
George Baden Crawley was an engineer whose efforts on railway projects strengthened Victorian transport networks.
Jane Sinnett
1804–1870 (age 66)
Highgate Cemetery
Jane Sinnett was a nineteenth-century writer whose literary contributions formed part of the cultural heritage of the Vi...
John Wedderburn
1820–1879 (age 59)
Highgate Cemetery
John Wedderburn upheld a steady and compassionate officer’s leadership through years of military service.
Mary Gillies
1800–1870 (age 70)
Highgate Cemetery
Mary Gillies was a Victorian-era writer whose literary works contributed to the cultural heritage of nineteenth-century ...
Francis Holl
1815–1884 (age 69)
Highgate Cemetery
Accomplished engraver whose technical skill and artistic vision contributed to nineteenth-century visual arts.
Francis Lycett
1803–1880 (age 77)
Highgate Cemetery
Francis Lycett balanced commerce with generous civic support.
Henry Baillie
1803–1885 (age 82)
Highgate Cemetery
Politician who served his constituents with dedication throughout the nineteenth century.
Henry Newton
d. 1882
Highgate Cemetery
Henry Newton upheld conscientious business practices of his day.
Henry Young Darracott Scott
1822–1883 (age 61)
Highgate Cemetery
Engineer whose technical expertise contributed to nineteenth-century industrial and infrastructural advancement.
Leone Levi
1821–1888 (age 67)
Highgate Cemetery
Leone Levi (6 June 1821 – 7 May 1888) was an English jurist and statistician.
James Smetham
1821–1889 (age 68)
Highgate Cemetery
James Smetham (9 September 1821 – 5 February 1889) was an English Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood painter and engraver, a f...
Joseph Clarke
1819–1888 (age 69)
Highgate Cemetery
Joseph Clarke (1819–1888) was a British Gothic Revival architect who practised in London, England.
Joseph Edwards
1814–1882 (age 68)
Highgate Cemetery
Skilled stonemason whose craftsmanship contributed to the architectural heritage of nineteenth-century England.
Fitzroy Kelly
1796–1880 (age 84)
Highgate Cemetery
Fitzroy Kelly brought balanced judgment to the courts.
Charlotte Sainton-Dolby
1821–1885 (age 64)
Highgate Cemetery
Accomplished composer whose musical works contributed significantly to nineteenth-century cultural life.
George Critchett
1817–1882 (age 65)
Highgate Cemetery
George Critchett cared for patients with steady surgical skill.
Abraham Hayward
1801–1884 (age 83)
Highgate Cemetery
Distinguished writer whose literary contributions enriched nineteenth-century intellectual discourse.
Aeneas John McIntyre
1821–1889 (age 68)
Highgate Cemetery
Æneas John McIntyre (6 December 1821 – 19 September 1889) was a Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Com...
Alfred Swaine Taylor
1806–1880 (age 74)
Highgate Cemetery
Pioneering photographer whose innovative work helped establish photography as an important medium in the nineteenth cent...
Philip Bourke Marston
1850–1887 (age 37)
Highgate Cemetery
Philip Bourke Marston captivated readers with lyrical sensitivity.
Charles Harcourt
1838–1880 (age 42)
Highgate Cemetery
Stage actor whose performances contributed to the vibrant theatrical culture of nineteenth-century England.
Edmund Chipp
1823–1886 (age 63)
Highgate Cemetery
Edmund Chipp enriched musical life with graceful compositions.
Edward Duncan
1803–1882 (age 79)
Highgate Cemetery
Edward Duncan was a 19th-century English engraver known for his skilled work in line and mezzotint engraving.
Edward Dutton Cook
1829–1883 (age 54)
Highgate Cemetery
Edward Dutton Cook was a prolific 19th-century English dramatic critic and novelist whose writings shaped Victorian thea...
Edward Richard Woodham
1831–1886 (age 55)
Highgate Cemetery
Edward Richard Woodham was a 19th-century military officer who served in the British armed forces.
Eugenius Birch
1818–1884 (age 66)
Highgate Cemetery
Eugenius Birch was the visionary architect whose structural elegance and steelwork defined Britain’s great Victorian p...
Pierce Egan the Younger
1814–1880 (age 66)
Highgate Cemetery
Pierce Egan the Younger was a 19th-century writer and journalist known for his contributions to Victorian periodical lit...
Rowland Mason Ordish
1824–1886 (age 62)
Highgate Cemetery
Rowland Mason Ordish was an inventive 19th-century engineer celebrated for pioneering efforts in suspension bridge desig...
Sampson Low
1797–1886 (age 89)
Highgate Cemetery
Sampson Low was a 19th-century English bookseller and publisher who played a significant role in Victorian book trade.
Samuel Daukes
1811–1880 (age 69)
Highgate Cemetery
Samuel Daukes was an architect noted for his Gothic Revival churches and civic buildings across mid-19th-century Britain...