Old Mortlake Burial Ground , also known as Old Mortlake Cemetery , is a cemetery in
Mortlake in the
London Borough of Richmond upon Thames , at Avenue Gardens, London SW14 8BP. Established in 1854, and enlarged in 1877,
[1] it is now managed by
Richmond upon Thames Borough Council .
The cemetery contains
Commonwealth war graves of 21 British service personnel, 19 from
World War I and two from
World War II .
[2]
Notable burials
Notable people buried in Old Mortlake Burial Ground include:
Sir
Edwin Chadwick (1800–1890), social reformer
[3]
Rear Admiral
Lord William FitzRoy (1782–1857),
Royal Navy officer and Member of Parliament. His grave is marked by an
obelisk
[1]
Charles Dickens, Jr. (1837–1896), writer, editor, and eldest son of the famous novelist
[3]
Georgina Hogarth (1827–1917), sister-in-law, housekeeper, and adviser of novelist
Charles Dickens and the editor of two volumes of his collected letters after his death
[3]
Admiral Sir
Erasmus Ommanney
KCB ,
FRS ,
FRGS ,
JP (1814–1904), Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer
[1]
Thomas German Reed (1817–1888), theatrical manager, composer, musical director, actor and singer who, with his wife
Priscilla Horton (1818–1895), created the
German Reed Entertainments ,
family-friendly musical plays "of a refined nature"
[1]
See also
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