Edward Vernon has a marble memorial in the north transept of Westminster Abbey, near the entry door ... He rose to be Vice Admiral and also served as a Member of Parliament. "Old Grog" was his ...

His magnificent funeral was held a few days later and both Houses of Parliament followed the coffin. He was buried under the gravestone of Sir John Wyndsore in the north ambulatory of Westminster ...

The site - which also comprises the small medieval Church of Saint Margaret, built in Perpendicular Gothic style, and Westminster Abbey, where all the sovereigns since the 11th century have been ...