Cimetière du Grand Jas

The Cimetière du Grand Jas (Grand Jas Cemetery) is located at 205 avenue de Grasse in Cannes on the French Riviera. The nine hectare terraced cemetery began operations in 1866 and is known for its landscaped architecture with rich floral decorations and statuary.

Cimetière du Grand Jas
View of the cemetery with the family von Derwies' chapel
Details
Established1866
Location
Cannes
CountryFrance
Size9 hectares (22 acres)

Its "English square", or Cimetière Anglais, is the final resting place for a number of English people who made Cannes their home. It is dominated by the statue of Henry Peter Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux who played a major role in building the city. The cemetery contains one Commonwealth war grave, of a World War I officer of the King's Royal Rifle Corps.[1]

Notable interments
  • Augustus Anson (1835–1877), Victoria Cross recipient[2] and former British member of parliament
  • Henry Peter Brougham (1778–1868), British lawyer, statesman, builder of Cannes
  • Eugène Brieux (1858–1932), dramatist
  • Jorge Cuevas Bartholín, (1885–1961), American ballet school founder, husband of Margaret Rockefeller Strong de Larraín, Marquesa de Cuevas
  • John Francis Campbell (1821–1885), Scottish author and scholar
  • Martine Carol (1922–1967), actress
  • Jean Gabriel Domergue (1889–1962), painter, poster artist
  • Henry Eeles Dresser (1838–1915), ornithologist and author
  • Ernest Duchesne (1874–1912), medical scientist
  • Peter Carl Fabergé (1846–1920), Russian jewellery designer
  • Nancy Fish (1850–1927), English socialite, second wife of P. T. Barnum
  • Georges Guétary (1915–1997), singer, actor
  • Olga Khoklova (1891–1955), Russian ballerina (Picasso's first wife)
  • Apo Lazarides (1925–1998), champion cyclist
  • Klaus Mann (1906–1949), German writer. Son of writer Thomas Mann.
Prosper Mérimée's tomb

References
  1. CWGC Casualty record.
  2. Burial locations of Victoria Cross holders in France (pre-First World War)

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