Famous People of Wessex
Famous people of Wessex - Wessex has seen many famous sons and daughters, genius of all forms emanating from the very air and spirit that flows in this unique realm.
Ancient Folk
King Alfred the Great
Henry III, Henry of Winchester. King of England
Cerdic, the first king of Wessex
Queen Osburga, mother of Alfred the Great
Edgar the Peaceful
Saint Æthelwold, Bishop of Winchester
Saint Swithin, Bishop of Winchester. If it rains on St Swithin's Day it will rain for forty days!
Oliver King, The Bishop of Bath who rebuilt the Cathedral
Adelard of Bath
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Church Ministers
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Prime Ministers
Edward Heath
Henry Sewell, Prime Minister of New Zealand
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Famous Naval Folk
Sir Francis Drake
Admiral Sir John Hawkins
Sir Walter Raleigh
John Rushworth Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe
Admiral George Anson
Admiral Hardy
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Famous Soldiers
Gordon of Khartoum
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Writers and Artists
Jane Austen
Agatha Christie
Ted Hughes
Charles Dickens
Henry Fielding
Lewis Carroll
John Keats
Algernon Charles Swinburne, Poet
Jeffrey Archer
Henry Williamson
Edward Rutherford
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Actors
Sir Donald Sinden
Jeremy Irons
Diana Dors
Sheila Hancock
Peter Sellers
John Cleese
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Archeologists and Scientists
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Architects, Builders, Engineers and Inventors
Uffa Fox
Isaac Pitman
Explorers
Sir Robert Falcon Scott
Frank Bickerton
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Orientalist
Dr Thomas Arnold
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Altruist
John Pounds, Founder of the Ragged Schools
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Winemaker
Cyril Berry, 1918-2002 Winemaker,
Mayor of Andover 1972/73,
Editor of the "Andover Advertiser"
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Among so many more!
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