Spondon - Notable People

Notable People

Born in Spondon -

  • Anthony Borrington, cricketer
  • Michael Knowles, actor
  • James Herbert Matthews, member of Canadian parliament
  • Robert Priseman, artist
  • William Thompson, cricketer

Links to Spondon -

  • Drury Curzon Drury-Lowe, lieutenant-general and knight of the realm
  • Henry Evans, cricketer
  • Richard William Hunt, Keeper of the Western Manuscripts, Bodleian Library
  • George Porter, cricketer
  • Graham Coxon, guitarist with Blur
  • Rowena Cade, founder of Minack open-air theatre
  • Sir Henry Fowler, Chief Engineer for the London Midland and Scottish Railway

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