Some of the burials in the East Greenwich Pleasaunce

During our recent visit to the East Greenwich Pleasaunce, Sue and I looked out for the graves of some of the famous people who were buried there. We had a list that we had researched from various sources and managed to find some of their graves.

Lieutenant James Thomas Berry RN (1850 to 12th September 1930): Curator of the Royal Naval Museum for 17 years.

Captain William J Blakey RN (Died 16th September 1893): late commander of HMS Wildfire, the Royal Navy's shore establishment at Sheerness.

John Booth (28th January 1781 to 29th January 1858): Born Northowram, West Yorkshire. Served at the Battle of Trafalgar as a Royal Marine aboard HMS Revenge. In July 1852 he became a Royal Greenwich Hospital in-pensioner. He was one of the first people to be buried in the new Royal Greenwich Hospital cemetery.

Captain Charles Burney RN, CB (9th October 1825 to 19th June 1887): Superintendent of the Royal Hospital School, Greenwich from 1870 until 1887.

Colonel Ernest Henry Burney CB  (17th August 1860 to 16th June 1905): late Colonel of 2nd Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment.

John Davidson MD, CB (1813 to 31st January 1881): Surgeon, Inspector-General of the Royal Navy, and Honorary Physician to Queen Victoria.

Albert Escott (Died 1918): Sometime headmaster of the Royal Hospital School, Greenwich.

John Greenwood (1783 to 26th March 1860): Also served as a Royal Marine aboard HMS Revenge during the Battle of Trafalgar.

Sir George Rowland Hill Kt. (21st January 1855 to 25th April 1928): He worked for the Rugby Football Union as an administrator, official, and referee for forty-nine years, eventually becoming the Secretary and later President of the Rugby Football Union (RFU).

Sir John Liddell KCB, FRS, MD (3rd June 1794 to 28th May 1868): Assistant Surgeon, Royal Navy (1812 to 1827), he saw service aboard HMS Asia at the Battle of Navarino; Director, Malta's Bighi Hospital (1827 to 1844); Inspector of Fleets and Hospitals (1844 to 1854); Director-General, Naval Medical Department, Greenwich (1854 to 1864); Honorary Physician to Queen Victoria (1859 to 1864). Retired 1864.

Thomas Joseph Mott (Died 1913): Crimean War veteran. He was Seamanship Instructor to King George V.

George Carter Pulsford FRAS (4th November 1842 to 1st August 1899): Headmaster of the Royal Hospital School, Greenwich.

Edward Robinson (c.1847 to 1926): Metropolitan Police officer who arrested the infamous burglar and murderer Charles (Charlie) Peace in Blackheath. During the arrest, the Constable was shot five times and wounded. He died in poverty at Greenwich Union Hospital, but was granted permission by the Admiralty to be buried in the Royal Hospital Cemetery.

Anthony Francis Oscar Sampayo (22nd February 1818 to 3rd August 1862): French Minister Plenipotentiary to Hesse-Kassel, whose father's sister Maria was married to William Cunningham Dalyell, an inhabitant and employee of the Hospital.

James Shepherd (1825 to 6th August 1907): Veteran of the Crimean War. For eighteen years he was Queen Victoria's boatswain's mate on the Royal Yacht HMY Victoria and Albert.

James Spencer (1852 to 1904): For twenty-two years he was an Instructor at the Royal Hospital School, Greenwich.

Captain Mark Halpen Sweny RN (1785 to 1865): Served aboard HMS Colossus as an Acting-Lieutenant at the Battle of Trafalgar.

Reverend Willian Guise Tucker RN, BA (12th May 1812 to 17th January 1885): Vicar of Ramsey, Essex (1872 to 1885), and for thirty-six years he was Chaplain in the Royal Navy, to the Malta, Haslar, and Greenwich Naval Hospitals. He was the first Chaplain of the Fleet, serving in that role from 1865 until 1871.

Reverend George Cleveland Waller MA (? to ?): Chaplain at the Royal Hospital School, Greenwich.

There are also nineteen Commonwealth War Graves of naval personnel who died during the First World War and two from the Second World War.