Edgbaston - Famous Residents

Famous Residents

Here is a list of notable residents, many of whom have had Blue Plaques erected on their former houses by The Birmingham Civic Society

  • William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim lived in Willow Road
  • Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason was born in Edgbaston.
  • Science fiction author John Wyndham was born there in 1903 and lived there until 1911 when his parents divorced.
  • J.R.R. Tolkien also lived there for a period during his younger life, with Perrot's Folly and the waterworks supposedly providing him with the inspiration behind The Two Towers.
  • Neville Chamberlain (1869–1940) Former British Prime Minister, was born in a house called Southborne, in Edgbaston.
  • Sir Austen Chamberlain Foreign Secretary and Nobel Peace Prize-winner lived at 83 Harborne Road
  • Dame Barbara Cartland was born in Edgbaston, at 31 Augustus Road.
  • Major Arthur Keen MC (1895–1918) World War I flying ace lived in Edgbaston until his military service.
  • Francis Brett Young lived at 105 Harborne Road
  • Sir Gilbert Barling lived in Manor Road (house now demolished)
  • John Henry Poynting lived at 11 St Augustine's Road
  • Joseph Sturge lived at Wheeleys Road (house now demolished)
  • William Haywood (architect) lived at 245 Bristol Road (house now demolished)
  • Sir Rowland Hill (postal reformer) lived at 146 Hagley Road (house now demolished)
  • Oscar Deutsch lived at 8 Rotton Park Road
  • Sir John Jaffray founder of the Birmingham Daily Post and Birmingham Mail lived at 249 Bristol Road
  • Sir Oliver Lodge lived at Westbourne Road (house now demolished)
  • John Henry Newman lived at the Birmingham Oratory, Hagley Road
  • Dr William Withering lived at Edgbaston Hall
  • Annette Badland actress

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