Deaths in the 1890s
11,000+ memorials
Charles Millward
1830–1892 (age 62)
Highgate Cemetery
Charles Millward (1830–1892) was an English musician, composer, actor, journal proprietor and monumental mason.
Bryce McMurdo Wright Jr.
1850–1895 (age 45)
Highgate Cemetery
Bryce McMurdo Wright Jr. was a Victorian-era businessperson whose commercial endeavors left a lasting mark on nineteenth...
Alexander Davis Cooper
1820–1895 (age 75)
Highgate Cemetery
Alexander Davis Cooper was a revered 19th-century engraver known for his meticulous skill.
Edward Truelove
1809–1899 (age 90)
Highgate Cemetery
Edward Truelove (29 October 1809 – 21 April 1899) was an English radical publisher and freethinker.
Thomas Ashburton Picken
1818–1891 (age 73)
Highgate Cemetery
Thomas Ashburton Picken (c.
C. Washington Eves
1838–1899 (age 61)
Highgate Cemetery
Charles Washington Augero Eves, CMG, (13 September 1838 – 20 April 1899) was a British merchant prominent in the trade...
Stephen Gurbs
1800–1892 (age 92)
Highgate Cemetery
Stephen Gurbs is remembered for his steady presence and dignified character.
Samuel Sugden
1805–1896 (age 91)
Highgate Cemetery
Samuel Sugden (16 April 1798 – 12 October 1896) was an English merchant from Leeds who built Oak Lodge in north London...
Henry Edward Manning
1808–1892 (age 84)
Westminster Cathedral
Henry Edward Manning (15 July 1808 – 14 January 1892) was an English prelate of the Catholic Church, and the second Ar...
Walter Brook Rice
1837–1892 (age 55)
Tilmanstone
Walter Brook Rice was a nineteenth-century figure whose life spanned the middle decades of the Victorian period.
Charles John Vaughan
1816–1897 (age 81)
Llandaff Cathedral
Charles John Vaughan (16 August 1816 – 15 October 1897) was an English scholar and Anglican churchman.
Joseph Warren Zambra
1822–1897 (age 75)
Highgate Cemetery
Joseph Warren Zambra (1822-1897) was an Anglo-Italian photographer and maker of scientific instruments who with Henry Ne...
Thomas Chatfeild-Clarke
1829–1895 (age 66)
Highgate Cemetery
Thomas Chatfeild-Clarke (22 August 1829–28 June 1895) was an architect, surveyor and politician.
Charles Green Spencer
1837–1890 (age 53)
Highgate Cemetery
Charles Green Spencer (1837–1890) was a pioneer aviator who founded the balloon manufacturing company C.
William Belt
1827–1892 (age 65)
Highgate Cemetery
William John Belt (1826–1892) was an English barrister (courtroom lawyer) and antiquarian best known for his erratic b...
William Henry Wyatt
1823–1898 (age 75)
Highgate Cemetery
Sir William Henry Wyatt (1823-1898) was Magistrate and Deputy Lieutenant for Middlesex, and social reformer in his role ...
Thomas Fairbairn
1823–1891 (age 68)
Beaulieu Abbey
Sir Thomas Fairbairn, 2nd Baronet DL (18 January 1823 – 12 August 1891) was an English industrialist and art collector...
John Pelham
1811–1894 (age 83)
Norwich Cathedral
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William Archibald Scott Robertson
1836–1897 (age 61)
St. Martin's Church
William Archibald Scott Robertson was an editor known for his thoughtful stewardship of the written word.
Anne Murray, Duchess of Atholl
1814–1897 (age 83)
Blair Atholl
Anne Murray, Duchess of Atholl (née Anne Home-Drummond; 17 June 1814 – 22 May 1897), and known as the Lady Glenlyon ...
Thomas Helmore
1811–1890 (age 79)
Brompton Cemetery
Thomas Helmore (7 May 1811, in Kidderminster – 6 July 1890, in Westminster) was a choirmaster, writer about singing a...
Hercules Robinson, 1st Baron Rosmead
1824–1897 (age 73)
Brompton Cemetery
Hercules George Robert Robinson, 1st Baron Rosmead, (19 December 1824 – 28 October 1897), was a British colonial admi...
Samuel Baker
1821–1893 (age 72)
Brompton Cemetery
Sir Samuel White Baker (8 June 1821 – 30 December 1893) was an English explorer, officer, naturalist, big game hunter...
Jean Ingelow
1820–1897 (age 77)
Brompton Cemetery
Jean Ingelow (17 March 1820 – 20 July 1897) was an English poet and novelist, who gained sudden fame in 1863.
Catharina Josepha Pelzer
1821–1895 (age 74)
Brompton Cemetery
Catharina Josepha Pratten (15 November 1824 – 10 October 1895) was a German guitar virtuoso, composer, and teacher, a...
Edward Bruce Hamley
1824–1893 (age 69)
Brompton Cemetery
Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Bruce Hamley (27 April 1824 – 12 August 1893) was a British general and military writer...
Henry Pettitt
1848–1893 (age 45)
Brompton Cemetery
Henry Alfred Pettitt (7 April 1848 – 24 December 1893), was a British actor and dramatist.
Hugh Childers
1827–1896 (age 69)
Cantley
Hugh Culling Eardley Childers (25 June 1827 – 29 January 1896) was a British Liberal statesman of the nineteenth centu...
William Arbuthnot
1838–1893 (age 55)
Brompton Cemetery
Major-General William Arbuthnot CB (27 September 1838 – 12 September 1893) was a British Army officer.
Henry Manning Eliott
1827–1894 (age 67)
Brompton Cemetery
Frances Maria Gough
1825–1892 (age 67)
Brompton Cemetery
Frances Maria Gough is remembered for her gracious spirit and lasting kindness.
John Beer Johnstone
1803–1891 (age 88)
Brompton Cemetery
James Caulfeild, 3rd Earl of Charlemont
1820–1892 (age 72)
St. Patrick's Cathedral
James Molyneux Caulfeild, 3rd Earl of Charlemont KP (6 October 1820 – 12 January 1892) was an Irish politician and pee...
Charles John Morris
d. 1899
Church Eaton
Harriette Brooke Davies
1854–1895 (age 41)
Epsom
Sports journalist Harriette Brooke Davies forged a path for women in athletic reporting.
Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet
1817–1898 (age 81)
Brompton Cemetery
Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet, KCMG, LLD, FRSE (15 July 1817 – 20 November 1898) was an English civil engineer speciali...
Helena Faucit
1817–1898 (age 81)
Brompton Cemetery
Helena Saville Faucit, Lady Martin (11 October 1817 – 31 October 1898) was an English actress.
Henry Barkly
1815–1898 (age 83)
Brompton Cemetery
Sir Henry Barkly (24 February 1815 – 20 October 1898) was a British politician, colonial governor and patron of the s...
Percy Pilcher
1866–1899 (age 33)
Brompton Cemetery
Percy Sinclair Pilcher (16 January 1867 – 2 October 1899) was a British inventor and pioneer aviator who was his count...
Augustus Harris
1852–1896 (age 44)
Brompton Cemetery
Sir Augustus Henry Glossop Harris (18 March 1852 – 22 June 1896) was a British actor, impresario, and dramatist, a dom...
Blanche Roosevelt
1853–1898 (age 45)
Brompton Cemetery
Blanche Roosevelt (born Blanche Isabella Pauline Tucker; 2 October 1853 – 10 September 1898) was an American opera sin...
Charles Lees
1837–1898 (age 61)
Brompton Cemetery
Sir Charles Cameron Lees (11 March 1837 – 26 July 1898) was a British military officer and colonial administrator.
William Terriss
1847–1897 (age 50)
Brompton Cemetery
William Terriss (20 February 1847 – 16 December 1897), born as William Charles James Lewin, was an English actor, know...
Eleanor Bufton
1840–1893 (age 53)
Brompton Cemetery
Eleanor Bufton (2 June 1842 – 9 April 1893) was a Welsh actress of the Victorian era.
Augustus Spencer
1807–1893 (age 86)
Brompton Cemetery
General Sir Augustus Almeric Spencer (25 March 1807 – 28 August 1893) was a British Army officer and a member of the ...
Walter Long
1858–1892 (age 34)
Brompton Cemetery
Walter Hillyar Colquhoun Long (20 October 1858 – 18 February 1892) was a British Army officer who fought in the First ...
Thomas Walker
1822–1898 (age 76)
Brompton Cemetery
Journalist Thomas Walker was respected for his insightful reporting and mentorship within the newsroom.
William Cargill
1813–1894 (age 81)
Brompton Cemetery
William Cargill (1813-1894) was a British merchant born in Bilbao who was buried at Brompton Cemetery in London.
Claude Buckle
1803–1894 (age 91)
Brompton Cemetery
Claude Buckle (1803-1894) was a Kent-born individual who lived through most of the 19th century and was buried at Brompt...
Paul Meritt
1844–1895 (age 51)
Brompton Cemetery
Paul Meritt (1844-1895) was a British theatre manager and playwright born in Kyiv who was buried at Brompton Cemetery.