Deaths in the 1930s

Mowbray Townshend Thomson

1860–1931 (age 71)

Bexhill Cemetery

Glencairn Stuart Ogilvie

1858–1932 (age 74)

St Andrews Churchyard

Writer whose evocative accounts bridged Scottish history and contemporary life.

John Bowes-Lyon

1886–1930 (age 44)

All Saints Churchyard, St Paul's Walden

Seymour Briscoe Tritton

1860–1937 (age 77)

St. Andrew's Churchyard, Alfriston

Parish steward whose calm leadership sustained St Andrew's Church and its village community.

Lucy Henrietta Houlding

1856–1937 (age 81)

Preston Cemetery and Tynemouth Crematorium

Lady Ulrica Duncombe

1875–1935 (age 60)

St Peter Churchyard

Charitable noblewoman whose gracious hospitality strengthened local causes.

Louise Jopling

1843–1933 (age 90)

Chesham Bois Burial Ground

M. R. James

1862–1936 (age 74)

Eton Parish Cemetery

Renowned scholar and ghost story writer who shaped modern supernatural fiction.

Ellen Cuffe, Countess of Desart

1857–1933 (age 76)

Falmouth Cemetery

Edward Mann Langley

1851–1933 (age 82)

Foster Hill Road Cemetery

Mathematician and educator who inspired students through accessible puzzle-making.

Sir Guy Campbell, 3rd Bt.

1854–1931 (age 77)

St Nicholas Churchyard

Nina Lehmann

1861–1933 (age 72)

St Nicholas Churchyard

Cherished for her generous spirit and quiet devotion to family and community.

Huntly Douglas Gordon

d. 1933

Fodderty Cemetery Strathpeffer

Alice Margaret Beach

1866–1935 (age 69)

Holy Trinity Churchyard

Beloved member of her parish whose gentle counsel comforted many.

Jessie George

1873–1936 (age 63)

Canterbury City Cemetery

Walter Baynham

1876–1936 (age 60)

St John the Evangelist Churchyard

Decorated officer whose steady leadership served his country with distinction.

Frederick Delius

1862–1934 (age 72)

St Peter Churchyard, Limpsfield

Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, 1st Baronet

1876–1935 (age 59)

St Ninians New Churchyard

Statesman who dedicated decades to public service.

Jelka Rosen

1868–1935 (age 67)

St Peter Churchyard, Limpsfield

John Drinkwater

1882–1937 (age 55)

St Nicholas Churchyard

Poet and dramatist whose works captured the nobility of ordinary life.

John Arthur Thomson

1861–1933 (age 72)

St Peter Churchyard, Limpsfield

Charles Robert Prideaux-Brune

1848–1936 (age 88)

Padstow Cemetery

Steward of community life whose leadership strengthened local traditions.

Georgie Florence Louisa Curtis

1853–1934 (age 81)

Ocklynge Cemetery

Charles James William Grant

1861–1932 (age 71)

Sidmouth Cemetery

Committed soldier whose career was defined by courage and steady service.

Francis Fitzpatrick

1859–1933 (age 74)

St. Kentigerns Cemetery

James Edward Ignatius Masterson

1862–1935 (age 73)

St George the Martyr Churchyard

Resolute military officer whose calm leadership earned the lasting gratitude of comrades.

Reginald Clare Hart

1848–1931 (age 83)

St Mary Churchyard

William Bees

1871–1938 (age 67)

London Road Cemetery

William Bees was a dedicated British military man whose leadership inspired those around him.

Oscar Asche

1871–1936 (age 65)

All Saints' Churchyard

Claude Montefiore

1858–1938 (age 80)

Kingsbury Road Cemetery

Claude Montefiore championed liberal Judaism and interfaith understanding.

Ethel Beatty

1873–1932 (age 59)

All Saints' Churchyard

W. G. Collingwood

1854–1932 (age 78)

St Andrew Churchyard

W. G. Collingwood enriched British letters with translations and lifelong study of Ruskin's vision.

Ross Tollerton

1890–1931 (age 41)

Knadgerhill Cemetery

Walter Richard Parker

1881–1936 (age 55)

Stapleford Cemetery

Walter Richard Parker exemplified courage and steadfast service in the British armed forces.

William Barnsley Allen

1892–1933 (age 41)

Earnley Parish Churchyard

Jimmy Galt

1885–1935 (age 50)

Eastwood New Cemetery

Jimmy Galt sparked pride on the pitch as a stalwart Scottish defender.

Ishbel Hamilton-Gordon, Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair

1857–1939 (age 82)

Methlick Old Parish Church Churchyard

Kate Marsden

1859–1931 (age 72)

Hillingdon and Uxbridge Cemetery

Kate Marsden combined writing with humanitarian missions to serve the sick and needy.

Amalia Küssner Coudert

1863–1932 (age 69)

Windlesham Cemetery

Marcus Klaw

1858–1936 (age 78)

St John the Baptist Churchyard

Marcus Klaw shaped early American theatre through his legal skill and production partnerships.

Mary Cadwalader Rawle Jones

1850–1935 (age 85)

St John the Baptist Churchyard