These people are buried in the churchyard:
17th century Lodowick Carlell (1602–1675),
playwright, and his wife
Joan Carlile (c. 1606–1679), portrait painter, who had lived at
Petersham Lodge in Richmond Park, are buried together in the churchyard, but the location of their grave is not known. The oldest
headstone in the churchyard is that of Mary Karze (d. 1686).
18th century Mary Burdekin (d. 1772), believed to be the first baker of
Maids of Honour pastries, who had a shop in Hill Street, Richmond,
Frances Greville (c. 1724–1789) was an Anglo-Irish
poet and celebrity in
Georgian England. The explorer Captain
George Vancouver (1757–1798) wrote
A Voyage Of Discovery To The North Pacific Ocean, And Round The World when living in retirement in Petersham. His grave is Grade II listed. A plaque commemorating Ball was added to the Johnston tomb on 20 October 2013, at a service attended by
the Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.
Mary Berry (1763–1852), author and editor, and her sister Agnes Berry (1764–1852).
Edward James Mortimer Collins (1827–1876) was an English novelist, journalist and poet. He died at Nightingale Hall,
Richmond Hill, while visiting his son-in-law. There is no memorial stone. Theodora Jane Cowper (d. 1824), cousin of the poet
William Cowper. General
Gordon Forbes (1738–1828), a senior officer in the British Army, died in a house on Ham Common that was later known as
Gordon House.
Nathaniel Brassey Halhed (1751–1830), an
orientalist and
philologist, is buried in the family tomb in the churchyard. The family monument was erected by his half-brother, William Halhed.
Harriet Kerr, Marchioness of Lothian (d. 1833), daughter of
Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch. Also
Caroline Lucy Scott, Lady Scott (1784–1857), an English novelist and a landscape painter. Lieutenant-General
Sir William George Moore (1795–1862), who died at
Montrose House, was the son of Francis Moore, a younger brother of General
Sir John Moore. He served in the
Peninsular War and was at the
Battle of Waterloo. Albert Henry Scott (1844–1865), photographer and third son of the architect
George Gilbert Scott, who designed his tomb. It is Grade II listed.
Caroline Lucy Scott (1784–1857), novelist, religious writer and landscape painter. She was the wife of Admiral Sir George Scott, Vice Admiral of the Red.
Lord Charles Spencer (1740–1820), courtier and politician from the
Spencer family. He died in Petersham while visiting his son. Lieutenant-General Sir
Charles Stuart (1753–1801), a nobleman and soldier, who
captured Minorca from Spain in 1798.
Richard Taylor (1781–1858),
naturalist and
publisher of
scientific journals, retired to Richmond in 1852.
20th century Robert Beloe (1905–1984), chief education officer for
Surrey, produced the
Beloe Report that led directly to the implementation of the
Certificate of Secondary Education, the CSE examination, which existed from 1965 to 1987.
Maggie Black (1921–1999), author and
food historian, published
No Room for Tourists (1965), a semi-biographical account of life under apartheid, and went on to write several books on food history, such as
The Medieval Cookbook (1992), as well as children's books.
Jonathan Cape (1879–1960), publisher, who founded the eponymous London publishing firm. Major
Edward Croft-Murray (1907–1980), antiquarian, expert on British art, and Keeper of the Department of Prints and Drawings at the
British Museum from 1954 to 1973.
John Darbourne (1935–1991), architect who, together with fellow architect
Geoffrey Darke, founded
Darbourne & Darke in 1961.
Michael Derrick (1915–1961), a leading figure in Roman Catholic journalism in mid-20th-century England.
Sir John Whittaker Ellis (1829–1912) is buried in the churchyard and has a plaque in the north
chancel. He was
Lord Mayor of London from 1881 to 1882 and the first mayor of the
Municipal Borough of Richmond (Surrey) from 1890 to 1891.
Sir Edmund Nuttall, Baronet (1870–1923), a civil engineer, was head of
Edmund Nuttall Limited. He is buried along with his wife, Ethel Christine Nuttall (1871–1958). A pink granite tomb marks the grave of painter and sculptor
Glyn Philpot (1884–1937). Dorothy Grenfell Williams Powell (1934–1994), radio producer and broadcaster, Head of the
BBC African Service 1988–94. She is buried with her husband, Geoffry Powell (1920–1999), an architect with
Chamberlin, Powell and Bon. Businessman
Anthony Rampton (1915–1993) and his wife Joan, both philanthropists, who lived at Gort Lodge.
Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Thomas Sloggett (1857–1929), a doctor and
British Army officer, is buried with his wife Helen. Major General Sir
Humphry Thomas Tollemache, 6th Baronet (1897–1990), senior
Royal Marines officer, and his wife Nora Priscilla (née Taylor). The local
war memorial, in the form of a stone cross, is in the churchyard and is Grade II listed. The cemetery also contains the graves of four local men who died in the
First World War: Sergeant G. Farren, Private M. Farren, Private F. C. Liddle, and
Brevet Major the Rt. Hon. Algernon Henry C. Hanbury-Tracy.
21st century Chris Brasher (1928–2003), athlete, sports journalist, co-founder of the
London Marathon, and Chairman of the Petersham Trust 1999–2003.
Jane Carolin Fawcett (1921–2016), codebreaker at
Bletchley Park and "Protector of Historic Buildings and Landscapes", and her husband
Edward "Ted" Fawcett (1920–2013), "Poet, Gardener", and head of public relations at
The National Trust. David Henry King (1941–2020), clinical vascular scientist. Robin Patrick Langley (1942–2004),
musicologist and, for 42 years, Petersham parish organist. New Zealand artist
Beth Zanders (1913–2009) and her husband, the New Zealand pianist Douglas Zanders (1918–2012). ==Gallery==