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Contents of Monuments and mausolea
- Aberlady Church, East Lothian: Monument to Lady Elibank, commissioned by Patrick Murray, 5th Lord Elibank, c1762-63, unexecuted (7)
- All Saints' Church, Kedleston, Derbyshire: Monument to Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 4th Baronet, commissioned by Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 5th Baronet (created Lord Scarsdale 1761), c1759-63, executed (3)
- Audley End, Saffron Walden, Essex: Monument to Elizabeth, Countess of Portsmouth, commissioned by Sir John Griffin Griffin (later 4th Lord Howard de Walden), c1763, unexecuted (3)
- Bowood Mausoleum, Calne, Wiltshire: mausoleum and monument to John Fitzmaurice, 1st Earl of Shelburne, commissioned by Mary Fitzmaurice, Countess of Shelburne, 1761, executed (23)
- Compton Verney chapel, Warwickshire: Monument to the Hon. John Verney, commissioned by the 14th Lord Willoughby de Broke, c1760, executed (2)
- Hume Mausoleum, Edinburgh: designs for a mausoleum to David Hume, 1777, executed in part [10]
- Kelburn Castle, Ayrshire: monument to John Boyle, 3rd Earl of Glasgow, probably commissioned by Elizabeth, Countess of Glasgow, 1775, as executed (14)
- Kenwood House, Greater London: design for a Monument or folly, commissioned by 1st Earl of Mansfield, c1767-83, unexecuted (1). See under: Country Houses: Kenwood House, Greater London
- Linnaeus Monument, Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh: designs for a monument to Carl Linnaeus (also known as Carl von Linné), 1778, executed (2)
- Milton Abbey church, Dorset: Monument to Lady Caroline Milton, commissioned by Joseph Damer, Baron Milton, 1775, executed (4)
- Putney burial ground, Upper Richmond Road, Putney, London: monument to Robert Wood, 1775, unexecuted (3)
- Queensberry Square, Dumfries: preliminary and finished designs for a memorial commemorating Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry, 1779, as executed (1)
- Romsey Abbey, Hampshire: Monument to Frances, Viscountess Palmerston, commissioned by Henry Temple, 2nd Viscount Palmerston, 1769, executed (3)
- St John the Baptist's (Lady Chapel), Mersham, Kent: Monument to Sir Wyndham Knatchbull-Wyndham, 6th Baronet, probably commissioned by Sir Edward Knatchbull, 7th Baronet, 1763, executed (2)
- St Leonard's Church, Heston, Greater London: Monument to Robert Child, probably commissioned by Sarah Child, 1782, as executed (10)
- St Michael Penkevil, Cornwall: Monument to the Rt Hon. Admiral Edward Boscawen, commissioned by Frances Boscawen, 1761, executed (15)
- Tobago: Monument to Archibald Stewart, public commission, c1779, unexecuted (3)
- Unknown location: Monument to Mrs Margaret Calderwood, probably commissioned by Lieutenant-Colonel William Calderwood, 1774, unexecuted (1)
- Westerkirk, Dumfriesshire: designs for a family mausoleum for Sir James Johnstone, 1790, as executed (4)
- Westminster Abbey, London: Monument to Elizabeth Percy, 1st Duchess of Northumberland, commissioned by the 1st Duke of Northumberland, 1778, executed with minor alterations (1)
- Westminster Abbey, London: Monument to John André, commissioned by King George III, c1781, executed (4)
- Westminster Abbey, London: Monument to Lieutenant-Colonel Roger Townshend, commissioned by Viscountess Townshend, 1760, executed (13)
- Westminster Abbey, London: Monument to James Thomson, commissioned by Patrick Murdoch and Andrew Millar, 1762, executed (11)
- Westminster Abbey, London: Monument to Major-General James Wolfe, public commission, 1759, unexecuted (11)
- Westminster Abbey, London: Monument to Mrs Mary Hope, commissioned by John Hope, c1767, as executed (1)
- Westminster Abbey, London: Monument to Sir John Dalrymple, 4th Baronet, c1782, as executed (3)
- Worcester Cathedral, Worcestershire: monument to Bishop James Johnson, commissioned by Sarah Johnson, 1778 (6)
- Wynnstay House, Ruabon, Denbighshire: monument to David Garrick, commissioned by Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, 4th Baronet, 1772, unexecuted (3). See under: Wynnstay House, Ruabon, Denbighshire.