The Political Graveyard: England

Francis Barber Ogden (1783-1857) — also known as Francis B. Ogden — of New Jersey. Born in Boonton, Morris County, N.J., March 3, 1783. Son of Gen. Matthias Ogden and Hannah (Dayton) Ogden; married 1837 to Louisa Pawnall. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S. Consul in Liverpool, 1829-40; Bristol, 1840-52; Manchester, 1852-57, died in office 1857. Died in Bristol, England, July 4, 1857. Interment at Arnos Vale Cemetery.

United States Military Cemetery
Brookwood, England

Politicians buried here:

Vincent Francis Harrington (1903-1943) — also known as Vincent F. Harrington — of Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa. Born in Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa, May 16, 1903. Democrat. Member of Iowa state senate, 1933-37; U.S. Representative from Iowa 9th District, 1937-42; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1940. Died in military service, in England, November 29, 1943. Interment at United States Military Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

Gloucester Cathedral
Gloucester, England

Politicians buried here:

William Lyman (1755-1811) — of Massachusetts. Born in Northampton, Hampshire County, Mass., December 7, 1755. Democrat. Member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1787; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1789; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1793-97 (2nd District 1793-95, 4th District 1795-97); U.S. Consul in London, 1804-11, died in office 1811. Died in Cheltenham, England, September 22, 1811. Interment at Gloucester Cathedral; cenotaph at Old Cemetery, Northampton, Mass.
- See also: congressional biography.

St. George's Churchyard
Deal, Kent, England

Politicians buried here:

Silas Deane (1737-1789) — of Connecticut. Born in Groton, New London County, Conn., December 24, 1737. Delegate to Continental Congress from Connecticut, 1774-76. Died on board ship (the Boston Packet), en route from Gravesend to Boston, in the North Atlantic Ocean, September 23, 1789. Interment at St. George's Churchyard.
- See also: congressional biography; NNDB dossier.

St. James's Cemetery
Liverpool, England

Politicians formerly buried here:

William Taylor Barry (1784-1835) — also known as William T. Barry — of Kentucky. Born near Lunenburg, Lunenburg County, Va., February 5, 1784. Son of John Barry and Susannah (Dozier) Barry; married 1805 to Lucy Waller Overton; married 1812 to Catherine Armistead Mason (sister of Armistead Thomson Mason and John Thomson Mason). Democrat. Member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1807, 1814; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1810-11; U.S. Senator from Kentucky, 1814-16; state court judge in Kentucky, 1816-17; member of Kentucky state senate, 1817-21; Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, 1820-24; secretary of state of Kentucky, 1824-25; justice of Kentucky state supreme court, 1825; candidate for Governor of Kentucky, 1828; U.S. Postmaster General, 1829-35. Appointed Minister to Spain, but died en route to post, in Liverpool, England, August 30, 1835. Original interment and cenotaph at St. James's Cemetery; reinterment in 1854 at Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky. Barry counties in Mich. and Mo. are named for him.
- See also Mason family of Virginia
- See also: congressional biography; Find-A-Grave page.

Kensal Green Cemetery
London, England

Politicians buried here:

John Lothrop Motley (1814-1877) — also known as J. Lothrop Motley — of Massachusetts. Born in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., April 15, 1814. Member of Massachusetts state house of representatives; U.S. Minister to Austria, 1861-67; Great Britain, 1869-70. Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1910. Died in Dorset, England, May 29, 1877. Interment at Kensal Green Cemetery.
- See also: NNDB dossier.

Kensington Church
London, England

Politicians buried here:

Robert Blair Campbell (c.1787-1862) — also known as Robert B. Campbell — of Brownsville (unknown county), S.C.; Lowndes County, Ala.; San Antonio, Bexar County, Tex. Born in Marlboro County, S.C. Brother of John Campbell. Member of South Carolina state senate, 1821-23, 1830; U.S. Representative from South Carolina, 1823-25, 1834-37 (3rd District 1823-25, 1834-35, 1st District 1835-37); member of Alabama state house of representatives, 1840; U.S. Consul in Havana, 1842-50; London, 1854-61. Died in Ealing, London, England, July 12, 1862. Entombed at Kensington Church.
- See also: congressional biography.

Putney Vale Cemetery
London, England
Founded 1891

Politicians buried here:

Samuel Insull (1879-1938) — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill.; Kenilworth, Cook County, Ill.; near Libertyville, Lake County, Ill. Born in London, England, November 11, 1879. Son of Samuel Insull and Emma (Short) Insull; married, May 24, 1899, to Margaret A. Bird. Republican. Associate of Thomas Edison and executive of electric utilities; one of the founders of the company that became General Electric; also had major holdings in railroads; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1904; when his utility holding company collapsed, wiping out the stockholders, he fled the country; indicted in 1932 on fraud and embezzlement charges; ultimately extradited from Turkey in 1934; tried in Chicago and found not guilty. Congregationalist. Member, Union League. Died from a heart attack, in the Place de la Concorde station on the Paris Métro subway system, Paris, France, July 16, 1938. Interment at Putney Vale Cemetery.
- Cross-reference: Forest A. Harness
- See also: Wikipedia article.

St. Mary's Parish Churchyard
Long Ditton, Surrey, England

Politicians buried here:

Freeman Harlow Morse (1807-1891) — also known as Freeman H. Morse — of Bath, Sagadahoc County, Maine. Born in Bath, Sagadahoc County, Maine, February 18, 1807. Member of Maine state house of representatives, 1840-44, 1853, 1856; U.S. Representative from Maine 4th District, 1843-45, 1857-61; candidate for Governor of Maine, 1845; mayor of Bath, Maine, 1849-50, 1855; U.S. Consul in London, 1861-69; U.S. Consul General in London, 1869-81. Died in Surbiton, Surrey, England, February 5, 1891. Interment at St. Mary's Parish Churchyard.
- See also: congressional biography.

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