(Picture) Many Thanks to Hans Noordam at www.androom.com over in the Netherlands

Brompton Cemetery

Founded in 1837 the Brompton Cemetery was originally “The West of London” (1862) and “The West London and Westminster Cemetery” (1865).  The original 40 acres with a formal layout, designed by Benjamin Baud, has a chapel, based on St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, in the middle.  Many of the monuments are of historical interest and the cemetery also has a space for wildlife such as birds, butterflies and insects.

With some 200,000 people buried here there are some gravestones of interest including Emmiline Pankhurst (Suffragette Leader), Richard Tauber (Singer and Operetta Composer), Percy Lambert (Motor racing pioneer and the first person to go 100 miles in an hour), Dr. John Snow (discovered the cause of Cholera), Sir Francis Pettit Smith (inventor of the four-bladed screw propeller), Francis Nicholson (Watercolor Artist), and Alfred Mellon (Violinist and Music Director).  American Sioux Indian Chief, Long Wolf, was originally buried here until Elizabeth Knight traced his family and campaigned with them for the return of his body to the Wolf Creek Community Cemetery at Pine Ridge, South Dakota in 1997. John Snow was buried in a private grave in 1858.  In 1941 World War II bombings destroyed the sight.  In 1951 The Association of Anesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland replaced the tomb.