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Holly Road Garden of Rest

Holly Road Garden of Rest is a former cemetery in Twickenham now converted into a garden in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Originally a burial ground it was converted into a garden in 1953.

Notable burials
• Robert Burt (1757–1791) Vicar of Twickenham, who married George IV to Mrs Fitzherbert in 1785. • James Durand (d 1766) was a British Army officer. • Sir William Howe (1729–1814) and his wife Frances, daughter of Lady Anne Connolly, of Twickenham is buried beside him. He was a professional soldier who was Commander-in-Chief of the British Army during the first part of the American War of Independence. • Edward Ironside (1736–1803), historian of Twickenham, and his wife. • Charles Morton FRS (1716–1799), a medical doctor and librarian who became the principal librarian of the British Museum. • Isaac Swainson (1746–1812) who lived at Heath Lane Lodge where he established a botanic garden; Swainsona was named after him. He practised as a physician in Frith Street, Soho, where he sold "Velnos' Vegetable Syrup", a herbal remedy for venereal disease and other ailments. • Thomas Twining (1776–1861) and other members of the Twining family. ==Gallery==
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