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Sir Thomas Dyke Acland (1787-1871)
MP for Devon 1812-1818 and North Devon 1837 to 1757. His home was
Killerton House, Broadclyst, where John Veitch was employed, to landscape
the gardens. In May 1844, Acland announced, to an interested House of
Commons, that he had left Exeter at 5pm that afternoon and was speaking
to the House at 10pm the same day, using the new railway from Exeter.
His statue can be found in Northernhay
Park.
Sir William Adams (1783–1827), was an oculist who after he was elected MRCS, moved
to Exeter to practice. He helped to found the West of England Infirmary
for eye disease, and was a surgeon there. Between 1807 to 1810 he split
his time between Exeter and Bath, before returning to London in 1810.
Charles Babbage - father of computing
Alan
Ball - World Cup winning footballer
Sabine Baring-Gould (1834-1924) born
in Exeter, he was an Anglican priest. An English antiquarian, novelist
and eclectic scholar. His family home was Lewtrenchard Manor near
Okehampton, Devon, although he lived in Dixs Field. He penned several
hymns, the best-known being "Onward,
Christian Soldiers" and "Now
the Day Is Over".
John (Johan) Baring - wool merchant
John Baring II - merchant, banker and Member of Parliament
Cliff Bastin - Exeter City, Arsenal and
England footballer
Stephen Bell - mountaineer
Rabbi Lionel Blue - broadcaster and writer
Sir Thomas Bodley - founder of the
Bodlein Library
St
Boniface - German saint educated in Exeter
Sir John Bowring - polymath, diplomat
Andrew Brice - early journalist and rebel
Isambard
Kingdom Brunel - engineer
Dame
Audrey Charlotte Georgiana Buller - (1884–1953), the
daughter of General SIr Redvers Buller, she joined the British Red
Cross Society as a young girl. By the First World War she was Deputy
County Director of the Voluntary Aid Organisation for Devon and helped
establish the VA Hospitals in Exeter. She helped found the Princess
Elizabeth Orthopaedic Hospital in 1927, and was instrumental in setting
up St Loye's Training College. She lived at Bellair, now in the grounds
of Devon County Council.
General
Sir Redvers Buller VC - soldier
"Tony" Burrows (born 1942) was born
in Exeter. He is a British session singer, providing vocals on
Edison Lighthouse's "Love Grows
(Where My Rosemary Goes)" (1970); White Plains' "My Baby Loves Lovin'" (1970); The
Pipkins' novelty song "Gimme Dat
Ding" (1970); and The First Class' "Beach Baby" (1974).
Michael Andrew Caines, MBE (born
1969) was born in Exeter, and adopted into a local family. He is part
owner of the Royal Clarence Hotel (Abode) and is the head chef at
Gidleigh Park Hotel. As a rising young chef, he lost his right arm in a
car crash in 1994, a disability that he has shrugged off with some
alacrity, to become one of the most successful in his field.
Major Herbert Augustine Carter VC -
soldier
Wilfrid
Lawson Chambers - a lost mariner
Eleanor Coade - inventor and business
woman
Paul
Collings - Waterloo veteran and innkeeper
David Collins -
first governor of Tasmania
Tommy Cooper - comedian and magician
Charles
Dickens - campaigning Victorian writer
John Dinham - the son of a farm
bailiff at Powderham Castle, he born at Kenton in 1788. He worked as a
grocer and a jeweller, becoming rich. He built the Free Cottages at
Mount Dinham, and funded the Rack Street Infant School. After his death
in 1861, he left £21,000 to charitable causes. See his statue.
Sir Francis Drake - adventurer and seaman
Sidney Endacott - artist and wood carver
Richard Ford - author of A Hand-Book for Travellers in Spain
John Gendall - artist of historic Exeter
William Gibbs - of Tyntesfield
George
Gissing - writer
James Green - County
Surveyor and
architect
Revd.
T. B. Hardy, VC, MC, DSO - a front line, First World War chaplain
Francis Hayman (1708-1776) was
an English painter and illustrator who became one of the founding
members of the Royal Academy in 1768 and later its first librarian.
John Hayward - architect of the
Royal Albert Memorial Museum and St Luke's College, All Hallows on the
Wall (since demolished), and the Lower Market.
Harry Hems - ecclesiastical stone and wood
carver
Princess
Henrietta Anne - daughter of Charles I
Nicholas Hilliard - miniature portrait painter
George
Hollis VC - farrier in the 8th Hussars
John Hooker (c. 1525–1601) was
a lawyer and chamberlain of Exeter. He is remembered for his
Chronicles, or history of the city.
Richard Hooker - religious theoretician
Professor W G Hoskins -
writer, historian and broadcaster
William Hunt - Hero of the Theatre Royal Fire
John Frederick Thomas Jane - publisher of
Jane's Fighting Ships
Winslow Jones was born in 1816, and became an Exeter
solicitor. He was one of those who is credited with helping to found
the Royal Albert Memorial Museum. He was also listed as one of the
first members of the 1st Exeter & South Devon Volunteer Rifle Corps
in 1852.
Fred
Karno - impressario and Chaplin discoverer
Tony Kellow (1952) footballer who he
joined Exeter City from Falmouth Town in 1976. He went to
Blackpool, but returned to Exeter in 1980, again left for Plymouth
in 1983, returning to Exeter until 1988. He was the club's highest
goal scorer, worked as commercial manager at City, and also ran
the Clifton Arms and Eagle Tavern.
Gene Kemp - children's writer
George Canning
Kingdon (1828-1902) was the youngest brother of Kent Kingdon of
Taddyforde, George Canning was also a cabinet maker.
Kent Kingdon - cabinet maker and
RAMM benefactor
Nurse Emily Knee - Awarded the George Medal after the blitz
Samuel Kingdon & Iron Sam Kingdon - merchant and foundry owner
Thomas Latimer -
reforming journalist
John 'Babbacombe' Lee - reprieved murderer
Bishop Leofric - the only Saxon Bishop of Exeter
Dr Charles Newton Lovely – founder of the Exeter Workman's Dwelling Company New
Chris Martin - rock musician with Coldplay
Clare Morrall - Booker Prize shortlisted
author New
David Miller Muir -
pioneering radiologist and engineer
William Oxenham VC - buried in Exeter
Richard Parker - naval mutineer
William Pett - first Chief Officer of
the City Fire Brigade
Peter Phillips and
Zara Phillips - Queen's grandson and granddaughter
Mr C J Phipps - The theatre architect, who designed the Victoria Hall and the Theatre
Royal in Longbrook Street. Both burnt down, and he was severely
discredited when the destruction of the latter resulted in the loss of
188 lives.
Robert Pople -
proprietor of the New London Inn and Mayor three times
Dick Pym - Exeter City and Bolton Wanderers goalkeeper
John Rowe - Boston Tea Party rebel
J K Rowling - Harry
Potter author
Danny
La Rue - female impersonator
Lieutenant
Richard Douglas Sandford VC - submarine commander
Thomas Sharp - Town Planner
Thomas Shapter -
doctor and cholera historian
Walter
Percy Sladen - marine biologist
Frank Shooter - Hero of the Exe who
saved hundreds from drowning.
John Graves Simcoe - founder of Toronto
Robert Stone (1516-1613), born
in Alphington, Devon, he was a composer and member of the Chapel Royal.
Among his best-known works is the setting of the Lord's Prayer, written
around 1550
E B Stephens -
19th-Century sculptor
George 'Stil' Stillings - cartoonist and entertainer
Whitney Willard Straight - aviator and
racing driver
William Temple -
Archbishop of Canterbury and radical preacher
Artful Thomas - local personality from
the early 20th century
Peter Thursby - art teacher and architectural sculptor
Titanic
Victims - four who died on the Titanic from Exeter
Charlotte Treadwin - Honiton Lace
maker and expert in the craft
James
Veitch (1792-1863) son of John Veitch, he became the prime mover
in the Veitch Nursery, expanding the business by purchasing 25 acres
near Mount Radford, and building Gras Lawn. One of his sons established
Veitch's at Chelsea, the other ran the business in Exeter.
John Veitch -
nurseryman and tree expert
Charles
Wescombe - Sheriff of the County and City of Exeter 1868. Born
in Paris Street, in 1828, the son of a bricklayer, he went to St
Sidwell's School. He was the owner of the Exeter and Plymouth Gazette
and the London, Globe newspapers. He was an influential figure in
setting up the Royal Albert Memorial Museum. After he died in 1869, it
was found he had funded the purchase of shares and his newspapers with
borrowed money and he was bankrupt.
Harry Weslake - automotive engineer and motor cyclists
F
J Widgery - artist and Mayor of Exeter
Henry Wykes - photographer of Exeter
Thom Yorke - rock
musician with Radiohead
Will Young - Pop Idol winner