Loughton - Notable Residents

Notable Residents

Notable people associated with Loughton (apart from those listed above) include:

• Dick Turpin (1705–1739), notorious highwayman, was familiar with Epping Forest (his butcher's shop was in Buckhurst Hill) and carried out many documented robberies in the area during the 1730s, sometimes escaping and hiding in the forest in Turpin's Cave
• Thomas Willingale (1799–1870), whose name is associated with the campaign that resulted in the preservation of Epping Forest. A plaque commemorating him is to be found in the wall of St John's Church at Church Lane.
• James Cubitt (1836–1912), architect, best known for his design of nonconformist chapels such as the Union Chapel, Islington and the Welsh Church in Charing Cross Road in London, lived from c. 1880 onwards at Brook Villas and Cotsall Eaton Villas on the High Road, and spent the last years of his life at Monghyr Cottage in Traps Hill
• Everard Calthrop (1857–1927), railway engineer and parachute pioneer, lived at 'Goldings' from the early 1900s onwards
• Sir Leonard Erskine Hill (1866–1952), physiologist
• Dr Millais Culpin (1874–1953), surgeon and pioneer of psychiatry, lived at 'Slyder's Gate' and then 'The Meads', both in Church Hill, from 1913 onwards - a fictionalised version of the romance between him and his future wife Ethel, a nurse at the Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel where they both worked, was dramatised in the BBC TV series Casualty 1907 in 2008 and Casualty 1909 in 2009
• Sir Frank Baines (1877–1933), former Principal Architect of the government's Office of Works and chiefly known for designing Thames House and Imperial Chemical House in London, lived at 'Hillside' and built other large houses in Loughton
• Major Greenwood (1880–1949), epidemiologist and statistician - Sir Leonard Hill gave him his first job after graduation as an assistant physiologist before he turned to his later career, and he later became a neighbour of the Hill family in Loughton
• Sir Hugh Cairns (1896–1952), neurosurgeon and advocate of the crash helmet lived at Loughton whilst working at the London Hospital.
• Sir Austin "Tony" Bradford Hill (1897–1991), epidemiologist and statistician, and son of Sir Leonard Erskine Hill, grew up in the family home at Osborne House - published several research collaborations with Major Greenwood, a family friend
• Commander Rupert Brabner (1911–1945), Conservative MP for Hythe 1939–1945 and WWII pilot with the Royal Navy, was born in Loughton
• Gladys Mills, née Gladys Jordan (1918–1978), musician (Mrs Mills).
• Ron Greenwood (1921–2006), footballer and manager of West Ham United and England, lived in Brooklyn Avenue during his time as West Ham manager
• Len Murray (1922–2004), later Baron Murray of Epping Forest, leader of the Trades Union Congress 1973–1984, lived for over 50 years in The Crescent and played an active role in town life. He is commemorated by the Murray Hall, opened 2007.
• Matt Johnson (born 1961), frontman of the band The The, spent part of his childhood in "The Crown" pub, run by his parents Eddie and Shirley in the 1970s and 80s
• Danny Dyer (born 1977), actor, lives in Loughton with his long-time partner Joanne Mas and their children
• Gary Hooper (born 1988), Glasgow Celtic footballer, was born in Loughton
• Richard Hounslow (born 1981), Silver medallist at London 2012 in canoeing