Cementerio Británico Antiguo
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Cementerio Británico Antiguo

Also known as Antiguo Cementerio Británico , British Cemetery Old , Old British Cemetery

Bellavista, Provincia de Callao, Callao, Peru

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The British Cemetery began its activities in 1834, when Her Britannic Majesty's Consul in Lima and Callao obtained a Supreme Decree from the Peruvian Government granting him the right to purchase a plot of land for the construction of a cemetery exclusively for burials of members of the British Colony.


For the proper management of this cemetery, in 1835 the Government of His Majesty King George IV sent money through a British Parliament Act (Art. 6, Chapter 85, Paragraph 14), under the supervision of the British Consul in Peru. This marked the beginning of the British Cemetery Association, which has since then been protected by its Statutes.


To corroborate the above, the Peruvian Government issued a supporting regulation under a Decree dated 5th May 1836, authorizing the burial of members of the British Colony.


After more than 160 years, the British continue to be responsible for the Burial Ground Society (now the British Cemetery Association), with 2 British Cemeteries - the Old (Bellavista - Callao) and the New (Avenida Oscar R Benavides - Callao), named that way for strictly chronological reasons.


Among the tombs at the old cemetery in Bellavista, one can find the names of people of many other nationalities: Germans, Polish, Swedish, Danish, Hungarians, Czechoslovakians, Yugoslavians, Russians, Swiss, Chinese, Japanese, North Americans and many others, as well as an endless variety of religions.


People of these and other nationalities participated in the development of Peru after the war of independence from Spain in 1821.


British Cemetery (New)

British Cemetery (Old)


The British Cemetery began its activities in 1834, when Her Britannic Majesty's Consul in Lima and Callao obtained a Supreme Decree from the Peruvian Government granting him the right to purchase a plot of land for the construction of a cemetery exclusively for burials of members of the British Colony.


For the proper management of this cemetery, in 1835 the Government of His Majesty King George IV sent money through a British Parliament Act (Art. 6, Chapter 85, Paragraph 14), under the supervision of the British Consul in Peru. This marked the beginning of the British Cemetery Association, which has since then been protected by its Statutes.


To corroborate the above, the Peruvian Government issued a supporting regulation under a Decree dated 5th May 1836, authorizing the burial of members of the British Colony.


After more than 160 years, the British continue to be responsible for the Burial Ground Society (now the British Cemetery Association), with 2 British Cemeteries - the Old (Bellavista - Callao) and the New (Avenida Oscar R Benavides - Callao), named that way for strictly chronological reasons.


Among the tombs at the old cemetery in Bellavista, one can find the names of people of many other nationalities: Germans, Polish, Swedish, Danish, Hungarians, Czechoslovakians, Yugoslavians, Russians, Swiss, Chinese, Japanese, North Americans and many others, as well as an endless variety of religions.


People of these and other nationalities participated in the development of Peru after the war of independence from Spain in 1821.


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