Famous Residents
Written by Susan Penter
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Monday, 02 March 2009 23:50
Last Updated on Thursday, 01 July 2010 19:06 by Susan Penter
During your research, have you come across a famous person born in Wiltshire? If so, why not submit the information to our OPC Webmaster for inclusion in our Wiltshire Hall of Fame
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Robert Morley
Actor & Author
Born Semley 1908
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Sir Isaac Pitman
Inventor of Pitman's Shorthand
Born Trowbridge 1813
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Jane Seymour
3rd Wife of Henry VIII
Born Savernake 1503
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Sir Christopher Wren
Mathematician & Architect
East Knoyle 1632
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Captain John Cooke
RN / Captain of HMS Bellerophon
Born 7th February 1762 (Winchester)
Died in action at the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
Memorials in Donhead St Andrew Church and St Paul’s Cathedral
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Alfred Owen Williams
Poet & Author
South Marston 1877 - 1930
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Reverend Robert Francis Kilvert
Writer of Kilvert's Diary
Born in 1840 in Hardenhuish
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Florence Hancock
Trade Unionist
1893 - 1974 Born in Chippenham
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Joseph Fry
Chocolate Maker
Born in 1728 in Sutton Benger
Died in 1787
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George Crabbe
Poet & Rector of St. James' Trowbridge
Born in 1754 died in 1832 in Trowbridge
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Diana Dors (Diana Mary Fluck)
Actress
Born on 23rd October 1932 in Swindon
Died on 4th May 1984 in Windsor, Berkshire
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Bishop Hugh Latimer
Famous Protestant Martyr, burnt at the stake in the Reign of Mary Tudor
Rector of West Kington 1531 - ?
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