- Ray Dorset
Ray Dorset (born Raymond Edward Dorset, March 21 1946, in Ashford, Middlesex) is a British guitarist, singer, songwriter and founder of the skiffle band, Mungo Jerry. In 1968 he formed the group Good Earth, which also included Colin Earl on keyboards, Dave Hutchins on bass, and Ray Bowerman on drums. They recorded the album "It's Hard Rock And All That" on the Saga record label, before Hutchins and Bowerman left. - Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall (born January 14 1965) is a British celebrity chef and TV presenter, noted for his mildly eccentric antics and back-to-nature philosophy. Born in London and raised in Gloucestershire, Fearnley-Whittingstall first became interested in cookery as a young child but he chose to study at St Peter's College, Oxford University, after attending Eton College, … - John Adams
John Adams was a Catholic priest and martyr. He was born at Winterbourne St Martin in Dorset at an unknown date (c. 1543?) and became a Protestant minister. He later entered the Catholic Church and travelled to the English College then at Rheims, arriving on December 7 1579. He was ordained a priest at Soissons on December 17 1580. He set out for the mission in England on March 29 1581. He is known to have worked in Hampshire but details of his later, … - Alex James
Alex James (born Steven Alexander James, 21 November 1968, in Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset, England) is the bass player in the band Blur, and one of the members of Fat Les. The only member of Blur not to come from Colchester, James met future bandmate Graham Coxon at Goldsmiths College, where the two were studying, and was introduced to Damon Albarn and Dave Rowntree, who at the time were part of a band called Circus. - Robert Brown
Robert James Brown (July 23, 1921 - November 11, 2003) was an English actor known for his portrayal of M in the James Bond movies, succeeding Bernard Lee, who died in 1981. Brown was born and died in Swanage, Dorset, England. Before appearing in the Bond films, he had a long career as a bit-part actor in films and television. Two of his most notable parts were as the galley-master in "Ben-Hur" (1959) and as factory worker Bert Harker in the BBC's 1960s soap opera, … - Robert Fripp
Robert Fripp (born 16 May 1946 in Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England) is a guitarist, record producer and a composer, perhaps best known for being the guitarist for, and only constant member of King Crimson. His work, spanning four decades, encompasses a variety of musical styles. He is married to Toyah Willcox. They currently live in Pershore, Worcestershire, UK. Fripp was ranked 42nd on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. - John Fowles
John Robert Fowles (March 31, 1926 - November 5, 2005) was an English novelist and essayist. He was born in Leigh-on-Sea in Essex, England, the son of Robert J. Fowles, a prosperous cigar merchant, and his wife, Gladys Richards. After attending Bedford School and Edinburgh University, he studied at New College, Oxford, where he studied both French and German, although he dropped German and concentrated on French for his BA. After his studies, … - Robert Syms
Robert Andrew Raymond Syms (born 15 August 1956, Chippenham) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He is Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Poole in Dorset, and had previously been leader of North Wiltshire District Council and a Wiltshire County Councillor. Educated at Colston's School, he was elected to the House of Commons in the 1997 general election. - Max Gate
Max Gate is the former home of Thomas Hardy and is located in Dorchester, Dorset, England. Hardy designed and lived in Max Gate from 1885 until his death in 1928. It was here that he wrote "Tess of the d'Urbervilles", "Jude the Obscure" and "The Mayor of Casterbridge", as well as much of his poetry. Max Gate is now owned by the National Trust. The house contains several pieces of Hardy's furniture, … - Roger Gale
Roger James Gale (born August 20, 1943) British politician. He is the Conservative Member of Parliament for Thanet North. Roger Gale was born in Poole, Dorset and was educated at the Southbourne Preparatory School, and the Hardye's School, Dorchester. He completed his education at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He is the only former pirate radio disc-jockey to become a Member of Parliament - see Pirate Radio Hall of Fame. - John Morton
John Morton (c. 1420 - September 15, 1500) was an English cleric. Born in Dorset, he was educated at Balliol College, Oxford. In February 1477, he was sent by the Yorkist King Edward IV, together with Sir John Donne, as ambassador to the French court. Edward appointed him Bishop of Ely in 1479. The young Thomas More served as a page in Morton's houAfter the dynastic change to the Tudors in 1485, Henry VII, … - Jim Cronin
James "Jim" Cronin MBE (15 November 1951 - 17 March 2007) was the founder of Monkey World in Dorset, England. A New Yorker, Cronin started the sanctuary in 1987. Born of Italian-Irish parents and raised in Yonkers, New York, United States, he was a resident of Great Britain for more than two decades where he and his wife, Dr. Alison Cronin, operated the internationally renowned ape rescue center, Monkey World, … - John Webb
John Webb (1611-24 October 1672) was an English architect. He was born in Butley in Somerset and became son-in-law and personal assistant to fellow architect and theatre designer Inigo Jones from 1628, having married Jones' niece Anne. Jones and Webb's joint credits include the Banqueting House at Whitehall in central London, and Wilton House (near Salisbury, Wiltshire) with its distinctive Single and Double Cube rooms. - John Trenchard
Sir John Trenchard (30 March 1640 - 27 April 1695), English politician belonging to an old Dorset family. His father was Thomas Trenchard of Wolverton (1615-1671), and his grandfather was Sir Thomas Trenchard of Wolverton (1582-1657). His grandfather was knighted by James I in 1613. Born at Lytchett Matravers, near Poole, and educated at New College, Oxford, John Trenchard entered parliament as member for Taunton in 1679. - John Trenchard
John Trenchard (1662-1723), English writer and Commonwealthman, belonged to the same Dorset family as the Secretary of State Sir John Trenchard. Trenchard was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. As he inherited considerable wealth, Trenchard was able to devote the greater part of his life to writing on political subjects, his approach being that of a Whig and an opponent of the High Church party. - John Gould
John Gould was an English ornithologist. The Gould League in Australia was named after him. His identification of Charles Darwin's finches was pivotal in the development of the theory of The Origin of Species. Gould was born in Lyme Regis, Dorset, the son of a gardener and the boy probably had a scanty education. Shortly afterwards his father obtained a position on an estate near Guildford, Surrey, and then in 1818 became foreman in the Royal Gardens of Windsor. - Robert Newton
Robert Newton was an English actor. He was born in Shaftesbury, in Dorset, England, and died in Los Angeles, California, USA, from a heart attack. Along with Errol Flynn, Newton was one of the most popular actors amongst the male juvenile audience of the 1940s and early 1950s, especially among British boys; he was cited as a role model by actor Oliver Reed and drummer Keith Moon. Reed played the role of Bill Sikes on film, a role previously played by Newton. - Sarah Harris
"Sarah Harris" (born 9 March 1983) is a British actress. She first made a name for herself in 2003 playing Rosa in Dario Fo's 'Trumpets and Raspberries', at the QEH Theatre in Bristol. She went on to play the title role in independent short film 'Ellie Goes To The Movies' 2005 which was screened at the 'Dorset Arts Festival' and the 'Tromafling' in Edinburgh. - Mick Fealty
Mick Fealty is a journalist and the founding editor of the Northern Ireland-based blog Slugger O'Toole. He was formerly a visiting research fellow at the Institute of Governance at Queen's University Belfast. Fealty was born in Belfast and now lives in Dorset, England. - Greg Lake
Gregory Stuart Lake (born 10 November 1947 in Poole, Dorset, England) is an English bassist, guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and producer, best known as a founding member of King Crimson and Emerson, Lake & Palmer. - Sarah Thomas
Sarah Thomas is Head of Bryanston School (in Dorset, England) since September 2005. She is the first female Head of the school and has taken over from Tom Wheare. Previously, since 1999, she was Deputy Head of Uppingham School and before that taught classics at Sevenoaks School for 13 years before moving to Bryanston. She is married with two daughters. - Lesley Waters
Lesley Waters is an English celebrity chef. She regularly appears on such cookery programmes as Ready Steady Cook, and is currently one of the featured chefs on This Morning. London born, she studied French Cuisine at Ealing College for three years, before cooking in top hotels, and winning awards including a scholarship to the Hotel Intercontinental in Dusseldorf. She then joined Prue Leith's restaurant, where she was promoted to senior chef. - Peter Giles
Peter A. Giles (born 17 June, 1944, in Winton, Bournemouth, Dorset, England) is a bass player and vocalist who, with his brother Michael Giles and Robert Fripp, formed Giles, Giles and Fripp. Peter was replaced by Greg Lake when Fripp and Mike Giles formed King Crimson. Peter later guest appeared on Crimson's second album "In the Wake of Poseidon", … - William Cox
William Cox (born 19 December 1764 at Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England, died 15 March 1837) was an Australian pioneer. He married Rebecca Upjohn in 1789. - Matthew Prior
Matthew Prior (July 21, 1664 - September 18, 1721) was an English poet and diplomat. Prior was the son of a Nonconformist joiner at Wimborne Minster, East Dorset. His father moved to London, and sent him to Westminster School, under Dr. Busby. On his father's death, he left school, and was cared for by his uncle, a vintner in Channel Row. Here Lord Dorset found him reading Horace, and set him to translate an ode. - Richard Glyn
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Richard Hamilton Glyn, Bt., OBE, TD, DL (12 October, 1907 - 24 October, 1980) was a British army officer and politician who was an authority on breeding pedigree dogs. Glyn was educated at Worcester College, Oxford, where he read law. He was called to the Bar in 1935. Two years later he published what became a standard reference work, "Bull Terriers and How to Breed Them", which he had started to research while at Oxford. - Thomas Russell
Thomas Russell (August 14, 1895 - March 9, 1958) was an American painter, also the grandfather of Kurt Russell, and father of actor Bing Russell. - Barry Cunliffe
Sir Barrington Windsor Cunliffe CBE (born December 10, 1939), known as Barry Cunliffe, has been Professor of European Archaeology at the University of Oxford since 1972. After studying at Northern Grammar School (now Mayfield School (Portsmouth), and reading archaeology and anthropology at the University of Cambridge, he became a lecturer at the University of Bristol in 1963. - Al Stewart
Al Stewart (born Alastair Ian Stewart on September 5 1945, Glasgow, Scotland), is a British singer-songwriter and musician. He is best known for his 1976 single "Year of the Cat" and its 1978 follow-up "Time Passages" (both produced by Alan Parsons). Stewart grew up in the coastal resort town of Bournemouth, Dorset, England. - Tom Hicks
Thomas Charles Hicks (born 28 August, 1979) is an English cricketer. He was born in Farnborough. All of Hicks' first-class appearances as of the end of 2006 had come for Oxford University teams (Oxford University, Oxford Universit"ies" and Oxford UCCE), apart from one game for British Universities in 1999. His two half-centuries have both come for Oxford against Cambridge University: the higher of these being the 58 he scored in 2001, … - John Bankes
Sir John Bankes (1589-1644) was Attorney General and Chief Justice to King Charles I of England during the English Civil War. He was one of the most prominent members of the Bankes family of Dorset. Corfe Castle, his family seat was destroyed during a long siege, in which his wife became known as Brave Dame Mary. - John Makepeace
John Makepeace (b 1939), OBE,Britain's pre-eminent designer and furniture maker established his first workshop in 1961. He bought Parnham House, Dorset in 1976 and founded the Parnham Trust to provide integrated courses in design, making and management for aspiring furniture-makers, alongside but separately from his own furniture workshops. One of the early students was Viscount Linley, nephew to the Queen of England. - Thomas Bell
Thomas Bell FRS (October 11, 1792 - March 13, 1880) was an English zoologist, surgeon and writer, born in Poole, Dorset, UK. Bell, like his mother Susan, took a keen interest in natural history which his mother also encouraged in his younger cousin Philip Henry Gosse. Bell left Poole in 1813 for his training as a dental surgeon in London. - Edgar Wright
Edgar Wright (born 18 April 1974 in Poole, Dorset) is an English film and television director. He is most famous as the director and co-writer of the "romantic comedy with zombies", "Shaun of the Dead", the "Buddy Cop" comedy "Hot Fuzz" and the surreal TV series "Spaced". - Mike Turner
Michael George Elliott Turner (born September 20, 1938 in Bridport) is an English former professional football goalkeeper. He was capped by England at youth level, but due to service in the RAF had to wait until December 1961 to turn professional when he joined Swindon Town from non-league Dorchester Town. He played 75 league games for Swindon and was part of Swindon's first ever promotion winning team in the 1962-63 season, before joining Torquay United in July 1964. - John Eliot Gardiner
Sir John Eliot Gardiner CBE (born April 20, 1943, Fontmell Magna, Dorset, England) is an English conductor. He founded the Monteverdi Choir (1966), the English Baroque Soloists (1978) and the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique (1990). Gardiner recorded over 250 albums with these and other musical ensembles, most of which have been published by Deutsche Grammophon and Philips Classics. - Gordon Haskell
Gordon Haskell (born Gordon Hionidies, 27 April 1946, in Bournemouth, Dorset, England) was the bassist and vocalist in the transitional King Crimson line-up of 1970. He appeared on the album "Lizard", but quit the group during rehearsals for live work. School friends with Robert Fripp, they previously worked together in an earlier version of League of Gentlemen. Haskell's more folk oriented interests were in conflict with Crimson's sound, so he elected to leave. - Ian Carruthers
Sir Ian Carruthers <small>OBE</small> is a senior British civil servant. He has held a variety of appointments in the National Health Service including being its Acting Director of Commissioning and joint Chief Executive of Dorset and Somerset Strategic Health Authority and Hampshire and Isle of Wight Strategic Health Authority. For 6 months during 2006 he was acting Chief Executive of the NHS. Carruthers held senior hospital posts in Blackpool, Southend, … - David Sheppard
David Stuart Sheppard, Baron Sheppard of Liverpool (6 March 1929 - 5 March 2005) was a high-profile bishop of the Church of England and, previously, an English cricketer. Sheppard was born in Charlwood, Surrey and educated at Sherborne School, Dorset where his cricketing talent first emerged. He then went up to Trinity Hall, Cambridge and played for Cambridge University (blue 1950, 1951 and 1952; captain 1952), Sussex (captain 1953) and England. - James Stephen
James Stephen (30 June 1758 - 10 October 1832) was the principal English lawyer associated with the abolitionist movement. James Stephen was born in Poole, Dorset; the family home later being removed to Stoke Newington. He married twice and was the father of Sir James Stephen (1789-1859), and grandfather of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen and Sir Leslie Stephen.
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