Old Mortlake Burial Ground Explained

Old Mortlake Burial Ground
Established:	1854
Country:	England
Location:	Mortlake, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
Owner:	Richmond upon Thames Borough Council
Findagraveid:	1366392

Old Mortlake Burial Ground, also known as Old Mortlake Cemetery, is a cemetery in Mortlake in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, at Avenue Gardens, London SW14 8BP. Established in 1854, and enlarged in 1877,^[1] it is now managed by Richmond upon Thames Borough Council.

The cemetery contains Commonwealth war graves of 21 British service personnel, 19 from World War I and two from World War II.^[2]

Notable burials

Notable people buried in Old Mortlake Burial Ground include:

Sir Edwin Chadwick (1800–1890), social reformer
Rear Admiral Lord William FitzRoy (1782–1857), Royal Navy officer and Member of Parliament. His grave is marked by an obelisk^[1]
Charles Dickens, Jr. (1837–1896), writer, editor, and eldest son of the famous novelist^[3]
Georgina Hogarth (1827–1917), sister-in-law, housekeeper, and adviser of novelist Charles Dickens and the editor of two volumes of his collected letters after his death^[3]
Admiral Sir Erasmus Ommanney KCB, FRS, FRGS, JP (1814–1904), Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer^[1]
Thomas German Reed (1817–1888), theatrical manager, composer, musical director, actor and singer who, with his wife Priscilla Horton (1818–1895), created the German Reed Entertainments, family-friendly musical plays "of a refined nature"^[1]