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Where was Sir William Blackstone buried after his death in 1780?
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Sir William Blackstone
William Blackstone, oil painting attributed to Sir Joshua Reynolds; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Sir William Blackstone, the renowned English jurist, died in February 1780. Per his own request, he was buried in St. Peterās Church in Wallingford, Oxfordshire.12