Thomas Otway

Thomas Otway

male, deceased (1685)
Accidental death, Playwright, stage fright, don carlos, dramatist, tragedy…Midhurst
Thomas Otway was an English dramatist of the Restoration period. He was born at Trotton, near Midhurst, the parish of which his father, Humphrey...

Samuel Warren

male, deceased (1877)
Methodist, Passages from the Diary of a late Physician, Midhurst, Now and Then, Blackwood's Magazine, Denbighshire
Samuel Warren (23 May 1807 - 29 July 1877), novelist, born in Denbighshire, son of a Nonconformist minister. After studying medicine at Edinburgh...
Frederick Spencer 4th Earl Spencer

Frederick Spencer 4th Earl Spencer

male, deceased (1857)
eton college, Old Etonian, Knight of the Garter, member of parliament, captain, privy council…Midhurst
Vice-Admiral Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer KG CB PC (April 14 1798 - December 27 1857) was a British peer, the son of George Spencer, 2nd...

James Abercromby 1st Baron Dunfermline

male, deceased (1858)
Younger sons of barons, Master of the Mint, UK Whig politician, fife, member of the United Kingdom Parliament, whig…Midhurst
James Abercromby, 1st Baron Dunfermline (7 November 1776 - 17 April 1858), Speaker of the British House of Commons 1835-39, was the third son of...

Patrick Muirhead

male
Radio personality, British, newsreader, Radio and television announcer, News Presenter, The Times…Midhurst
Patrick Muirhead is a former newsreader and continuity announcer on BBC Radio 4. He left in September 2004 to join Channel Television as the local...
Spencer Horatio Walpole

Spencer Horatio Walpole

male, deceased (1898)
Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton, Old Etonian, LLD, cambridge university, conservative party, British…Midhurst
Spencer Horatio Walpole, PC, QC, LLD (11 September 1806-22 May 1898) was a British Conservative politician who served three times as Home Secretary...
George Gascoigne

George Gascoigne

male, deceased (1577)
From Bedfordshire, Gray's Inn, bedfordshire, atheist, bedford, tudor…Midhurst
George Gascoigne (c. 1525 - October 7, 1577) was an English poet. He was the eldest son of Sir John Gascoigne of Cardington, Bedfordshire.
William Cawley

William Cawley

male, deceased (1667)
Oxford University, member of parliament, Regicide, Member of the pre-1707 English Parliament, chichester, restoration…Midhurst
William Cawley (1602-January 1667, Vevey, Switzerland) was a politician in seventeenth century England. He was born in 1602, the son of a wealthy...
Gregory Norton

Gregory Norton

male, deceased (1652)
Parliament of England, High Court of Justice, Member of the pre-1707 English Parliament, English, member of parliament, Regicide…Midhurst
Sir Gregory Norton (1603-1652) was an English Member of Parliament and one of the regicides of King Charles I. He fought on the side of Parliament...
William Townley Mitford

William Townley Mitford

male, deceased (1889)
Pitshill, member of the United Kingdom Parliament, victorian era, Victorian, west sussex, Midhurst
William Townley Mitford (1817-18 April 1889) was a Victorian politician in Britain. He was born at Pitshill in West Sussex in 1817. He built Bedham...