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The majority of prime ministers (40) have been buried in England, with six in Scotland, and one, David Lloyd George, in Wales. All prime ministers have been buried on the British mainland except two, John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute and Harold Wilson. Eight prime ministers who held office in the 20th century were cremated before their ashes were ...
The churchyard contains the grave of MP Ray Gunter (1909–1977), Minister of Labour under Prime Minister Harold Wilson. The grave of Lieutenant Roy Graham (1924–2007), who led the 1967 naval diving expedition that discovered the wreck of Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell's flagship HMS Association, can be found in one of the newer sections of ...
Wilson's grave in St Mary's, Isles of Scilly. Wilson continued regularly attending the House of Lords until just over a year before his death; the last sitting he attended was on 27 April 1994. He had a picture taken with other Labour Lords on 15 June 1994, just under a year before his death.
English: Harold Wilson's grave. St. Mary's, Old Town In Loving Memory of The Right Honourable Lord Wilson of Rievaulx K.G. O.B.E F.R.S. James Harold Wilson 1916 - 1995 Prime Minister 1964 - 1970 1974 - 1976 Tempus Imperator Rerum
English: Harold Wilson's grave, St. Mary's, Old Town. The inscription reads: " In Loving Memory of / The Right Honourable Lord Wilson / of Rievaulx / K.G. O.B.E. F.R.S. / James Harold Wilson / 1916 - 1995 / Prime Minister / 1964 - 1970 / 1974 - 1976 / Tempus Imperator Rerum "
Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Harold Wilson was a regular visitor to the Isles of Scilly, and often stayed at Hugh Town in a bungalow named 'Lowenva'. He is buried in the cemetery at the church at Old Town.
Gladys Mary Wilson, Baroness Wilson of Rievaulx (née Baldwin; 12 January 1916 – 6 June 2018) was an English poet and the wife of Harold Wilson, who twice served as British prime minister. She was the first British prime minister's spouse to become a centenarian , living to the age of 102 years, 145 days.
[15] [16] His physician Lord Moran first informed the Queen and the Prime Minister Harold Wilson of the death, and then made the announcement at 8:35 a.m. which was given to the press, saying, "Shortly after eight this morning, Sunday, Jan the 24th, Sir Winston Churchill died at his London home. [Signed] Moran."