This page lists the names of individuals buried in the cemetery who are recorded in the pages of the original Dictionary of National Biography (DNB) and the newer Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (ODNB). Links are provided to the original Dictionary of National Biography that are freely available via Wikipedia. Links are also provided to articles in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography although full access to these articles requires registration, which is usually available via your local public library service.

Due to the number of names involved in this project, the entries are spread over several pages. This page covers A’Beckett to Archer. 

Other pages cover Baggallay to Bury | Callender to Cummings | De La Motte to Forrester | Gassiot to Justyne | Kearns to Myers | Napier to Quilter | Raggi to Sutton |

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Sir William A’Beckett (1806-1869), barrister and judge; grave 11,988, square 52/53                                                                                                              DNB: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/%C3%80_Beckett,_William                                                           ODNB: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/28 

James Acland (1799-1876), orator and political reformer; grave 16,066, square 121                                                                                                                      ODNB: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/58115 

Charles William Alcock (1842-1907), sports administrator and writer; grave 14,689, square 86                                                                                                    ODNB: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/39536 

Sir James Alderson (1794-1882), physician; grave 16,436, square 34                                                                                                                                                DNB: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Alderson,_James                                                                           ODNB: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/304  

Mary Jemima Alger (1838-1894), headmistress; grave 25,780, square 98                                                                                                                                          ODNB: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/52730 

William Allan (1813-1874), trade unionist; grave 11,488, square 88                                                                                                                                                    ODNB: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/47320  

Arthur Anderson (1792-1868), shipowner; grave 9,186, square 41                                                                                                                                          ODNB: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/46493 

Dr Joseph Angus (1816-1902), Baptist minister; grave 419, square 40 (Gurney family vault)                                                                                                        DNB: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1912_supplement/Angus,_Joseph                                                                   ODNB: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/30420  

John George Appold (1800-1865), fur dyer and engineer; grave 9,928, square 76                                                                                                                          DNB: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Appold,_John_George                                                                             ODNB: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/598 

Thomas Archer (1795-1848), actor and theatre manager; grave 1,603, square 17 (common grave)                                                                                            DNB: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Archer,_Thomas_(d.1848)                                                                     ODNB: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/629