Chipping Campden - Notable People

Notable People

  • Graham Greene the prolific English novelist, playwright, short story writer and critic lived, between 1931 to 1933, with his wife Vivien at "Little Orchard" in the town.
  • Ernest Wilson, plantsman, was born in the town.
  • Sir Percy Hobart, armoured vehicle strategist and commander of the 79th Armoured Division in the Second World War, came from Chipping Campden and led the Home Guard there during the war.

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