(1837-1909)
Algernon Charles Swinburne is buried at St. Boniface Church in Bonchurch, Isle of Wight. He was an openly gay English poet, playwright and novelist. His childhood was largely spent at East Dene in Bonchurch, Isle of Wight. In 1848, Swinburne went to live with Reverend Foster Fenwick at Brooke Rectory in West Wight, before being sent to Eton to continue his education.
