Elstree - Notable Residents

Notable Residents

See also notable pupils at:
(a) Aldenham School (b) Elstree School before it moved in 1938, (b) Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, (c) Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls
  • John Baxter (1896–1975), film director and producer, lived at Aldahvu, Elstree
  • Ephraim Beauchamp (d.1728) Baronet and lord of the Manor of Boreham in the parish of Elstree.
  • John Boyle (1563–1620), Church of Ireland Bishop of Cork, Rector of Elstree (before 1610).
  • Ralph Terence St John-Brooks (1884–1963), bacteriologist, was stationed at the Lister Institute's National Collection of Type Cultures.
  • Francis Burton M.D. (d.1828), uncle of Richard Francis Burton, military surgeon who made Napoleon's Death Mask, lived at Barham House, and is buried in Elstree parish church.
  • Richard Francis Burton (1821 – 1890), explorer who lived at Barham House in Elstree.
  • George Byng, Esq. M.P. for Middlesex, resident of Elstree Manor.
  • Rev. Philip Caraman (1911-1998), Jesuit, lived at The Grange on the corner of Allum Lane and Deacons Hill Road.
  • Hussein Chalayan, fashion designer was brought up in The Rise
  • Tom Chatto (1920–1982) - actor, brought up in Elstree
  • Dame Harriette Chick (1875–1977), nutritionist, tested and bottled tetanus antitoxin for the army in 1915.
  • Joan Collins, actress and author, lived in Barnet Lane, while married to Anthony Newley, Singer, actor and film composer
  • Samuel Tertius Cowan (1905–1976), bacteriologist, curator of the National Collection of Type Cultures (NCTC) at the Lister Institute.
  • Simon Cowell, the American Idol and X Factor judge, was brought up in Elstree.
  • Sir (Arthur) Trevor Dawson, first baronet (1866–1931), armaments manufacturer, lived at Edgewarebury House.
  • Colonel John Drinkwater, the historian of the Siege of Gibraltar, had his family seat at Palmer's Lodge, (now called Radnor Hall)
  • Anthony Denny, Esq (1501–1549), resident of the Manor or Elstree.
  • Sir Edward Denny (1796–1889) composer, resident of Manor of Elstree.
  • James Elphinston (1721–1809) Scottish educator, moved to Elstree in 1792.
  • Percy Everett (1870-1952), became the first Scoutmaster of the 1st Elstree Scout group on 13 March 1908, was Deputy Chief Scout for Great Britain, lived at Schopwick Place in Elstree.
  • Andrew Feldman (b.1966) Conservative politician appointed to the Lords is known as Baron Feldman of Elstree.
  • Cecil Ford (1913–1994) cricketer, was born in Elstree.
  • Vicary Gibbs (1853–1932), genealogist and gardener, lived at Aldenham House.
  • Lew Grade (1906–1998) TV producer given a life peerage, was known as Baron Grade, of Elstree.
  • Thomas Greenwood (1851–1908), public libraries promoter, died at Frith Knowl, Elstree.
  • James Hackman (1752-1779), murderer of Martha Ray, was buried in Elstree Parish Church.
  • Sir Harry Hague (1881-1960), managing director of A. Wander Ltd, the company who made Ovaltine, lived at The Chantry, Barnet Lane, Elstree.
  • David Willis Wilson Henderson (1903–1968), immunologist, worked at the Lister Institute.
  • Thomas Knox, 2nd Earl of Ranfurly M.P. (1786-1858) Member of Parliament (1820-1832) resided at Barham House, Elstree.
  • Sir John Charles Grant Ledingham (1875–1944), bacteriologist, worked at the Lister Institute.
  • Paul Lester, music journalist.
  • Ian Livingston, Chief Executive Officer of BT Group
  • William Macready (1793–1873), actor, lived at Elm Place, Elstree.
  • John Henry Marks (b.1925) General Practitioner and Chairman of the British Medical Association, lived on Barnet Lane.
  • Air Vice-Marshall Sir David Munro, K.C.B., C.I.E., LL.D., M.B., F.R.C.S.Ed. (1878-1952)
  • Archer John Porter Martin (1910–2002), Nobel Prize winning biochemist, worked at the Lister Institute, and lived at Abbotsbury on Barnet Lane.
  • Walter Thomas James Morgan (1900–2003), biochemist. worked at the Lister Institute.
  • Anna Neagle and her film director husband Herbert Wilcox lived at the junction of Deacons Hill Road and Barnet Lane, during her years as a film star.
  • Richard Tauber, tenor, and his actress-wife Diana Napier lived at the Villa Capri from 1936-1940. It was later demolished to form a new residential development, called 'Tauber Close'.
  • Frank Podmore (1856-1910) author and founding member of the Fabian Society ws born in Elstree.
  • Martha Ray (c.1742–1779), singer murdered by James Hackman buried in Elstree Parish Church.
  • Horatio Sharpe (1718–1790), army officer and Proprietary Governor of Maryland, buried at Elstree Parish Church.
  • Winston Smith, spaniel dog breeder.
  • Henry Hurd Swinnerton (1875–1966), zoologist and geologist, lived and died at the Headmaster's House, Haberdashers' Aske's School.
  • James Booker Blakemore Wellington (1858-1939) photographer, died in Elstree in 1939.
  • James West, Esq. M.P. for St. Alban's, resident of Elstree Manor.
  • Jeremiah White (1629–1707), nonconformist minister, preached at Elstree in 1669.

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