All Hallows-by-the-Tower - Notable People Associated With The Church

Notable People Associated With The Church

  • John Quincy Adams, sixth president of the United States: married 1797
  • Judge Jeffreys, notorious "hanging judge": married 1667
  • William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury: beheaded at the Tower, buried 1645
  • Thomas More, beheaded at the Tower for refusing to sign Henry VIII's Act of Supremacy: buried 1535
  • John Fisher, beheaded at the Tower: buried
  • Lancelot Andrewes: baptised 1555
  • William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania: baptised 1644
  • Albert Schweitzer, made organ recordings at All Hallows
  • Philip Clayton, also known as 'Tubby', former vicar and founder of Toc H
  • Cecil Thomas, a sculptor who provided several funerary figures between the Wars

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