Some Notable People Buried in St.James'


Below is a list and links to individual pages of the more notable people buried in the grounds of St.James’.  Most of this information has been supplied by relatives of these people, for that a huge Thank You.  

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William Huskisson.    1770 - 1830      M.P.  Has the dubious distinction of being the first passenger train fatality.

Samuel Holme.         1800 - 1872     County Magistrate and Lord Mayor of Liverpool 1852 - 1853

Kitty Wilkinson         1786 - 1860     The founder of the washouses and heroine of the great cholera epidemics

William Daniels         1813 - 1880     The Rembrandt of Liverpool, and of Scotland Rd.

William Harrisson      1813 - 1860     The Master of the Great Iron Ship.  The Great Eastern.

Sarah Biffin               1784 - 1850     Standing 37 inches high, this little lady painted Britains nobility.

William Taylor Barry  1784 - 1835     United States Senator. Appointed Postmaster General by President Jackson.

John Foster               1786 - 1846     Notable Liverpool Architect who designed several city landmarks.

Edward Rushton         1756 - 1814     An 18th Century Radical and founder of the Liverpool Blind School.

Sir William Brown       1784 - 1864     A merchant banker who donated the money for Liverpool Central Library.

Harmood Banner         1783 - 1865     Philanthropist and Accountant.

Thomas Colby             1784 - 1852     The longest serving Director of the Ordnance Survey.

John Oliver                 1774 - 1876     Served aboard H.M.S Victory with Nelson at Trafalger.

A.H.L. Richardson       1872 - 1932     The first winner of a Victoria Cross while serving a Canadian unit under British Command.

Robert Cain                 1826 - 1907     Founder of Cain’s brewery in Liverpool.

Elisha Halsey               1798 - 1844     The American ship Captain who came to an Untimely Death in the Bay of Biscay.

Lucy Walker                1836 - 1916     Mountaineer, The first woman to climb the Matterhorn.

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