Famous Residents
Notable former residents of Badshot Lea include
- Lieutenant-Commander Willie Armstrong DSM -- Airman who initiated the hunt for the German battleship Bismarck
- Gillian Beel -- Mayor of Waverley & Mayor of Farnham
- Lance Corporal Alan Davis -- Bomb disposal expert
- Ralph Earwicker -- Carillon Singers
- Reverend Dean Henley -- Rector of the Benefice of Campton, Clophill and Haynes
- Maurice Hewins -- Local historian
- John Henry Knight -- Engineer & local landowner
- Nelson Noakes -- Member of Australian 8th Brigade
- William Rankine -- Archaeologist and schoolmaster
- Humphrey Southern -- Bishop of Repton
- Harry Topham -- Cricketer and clergyman
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Famous quotes containing the words famous and/or residents:
“A bronzed, lank man! His suit of ancient black,
A famous high top-hat and plain worn shawl
Make him the quaint great figure that men love,
The prairie-lawyer, master of us all.”
—Vachel Lindsay (1879–1931)
“Most of the folktales dealing with the Indians are lurid and romantic. The story of the Indian lovers who were refused permission to wed and committed suicide is common to many places. Local residents point out cliffs where Indian maidens leaped to their death until it would seem that the first duty of all Indian girls was to jump off cliffs.”
—For the State of Iowa, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)