Movie wallpaper for free. EntertainmentWallpaper.com is copyrighted © 2004-2017. A worker paints celluloid doll heads at a factory in England. Image: Harry Todd/Fox Photos/Getty Images. Charging Thunder died in 1929 from pneumonia - he was only 52. He was buried in West Gorton cemetery, but that's not the end of his story. Inside Out has found a film. Suffragette review: Never mind the respectable cast and period costumes - this fiery film about the fight for women's suffrage, which opens the 2015 London Film. Inside Suffragette DefinitionNotable or Famous Wiltshire People. Below are some of the notable people with connections to Wiltshire (listed by earliest birth date to latest): King Athelstan (c. Also known as the Glorious, Athelstan was the first king of all England in 9. He reigned from 9. He was the son of Edward the Elder and grandson of Alfred the Great and crowned on 1. July 9. 25 in Kingston- Upon- Thames.
He oversaw the translation of the bible into English and reformed the currency. He is buried in Malmesbury Abbey – a place he strongly supported. The exact burial place is not known. George Herbert (1. George Herbert was the rector of St Andrew’s church, Bemerton, and a metaphysical poet and scholar. He was related to the Herberts, the Earls of Pembroke of Wilton House and was a friend of Francis Bacon. He was known in Bemerton as Holy Mr Herbert. In 1. 93. 3 a stained glass window was added to the church. It is the West Window and one of the characters depicted is George Herbert (the other is Nicholas Ferrar (executer of Herbert’s will and publisher of his poems). A cross on the north wall of the church also commemorates Herbert. For more about George Herbert, visit www. Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon (1. Born in Salisbury, Edward was grandfather to Mary II and Queen Anne. He was chief advisor to the exiled Charles II. In 1. 66. 0 he was made Baron hyde of Hindon and in 1. Earl of Clarendon. He died in exile in Rouen but his body was returned to England where it was buried in Westminster Abbey. Sir Christopher Wren (1. Architect Sir Christoper Wren was born in the old rectory at East Knoyle. He is most famous for designing buildings in London after the Great Fire of 1. St Paul’s cathedral) but he also recommended to his friend Bishop Seth Ward that the spire of Salisbury Cathedral be strengthened. The design Farley church in Wiltshire may have been influenced by Wren because he knew both the builder and the sponsor. Hannah Twynnoy (c. Hannah was a servant at the White Lion Inn, Malmesbury. She has the unfortunate claim to fame of reputedly being the first person in Britain to be killed by a tiger. A travelling circus arrived at the inn and Hannah unwisely taunted the captive tiger which managed to catch her and tear her to pieces. A memorial stone can be found in Hullavington Church. Joseph Priestley (1. Dr Priestly was a chemist, clergyman and philosopher. He lived in Calne from 1. Bowood House and literary companion to the first Marquis of Landsdowne. The laboratory at Bowood is the actual place where, on 1st August 1. William Beckford (1. William inherited the Palladian mansion at Fonthill on the death of his father (then the richest merchant in England) in 1. ![]() He wrote the eastern romance . In 1. 79. 6 he commissioned James Wyatt and started the Gothic abbey which was built using Chilmark stone. The work was never finished but was far enough along in 1. Nelson to be welcomed at the estate for a celebration of his victory at the battle of the Nile. The tower collapsed in 1. Beckford had sold up. Sir Thomas Lawrence PRA FRS (1. Lawrence was a leading English portrait painter, knighted in 1. Royal Academy from 1. Born in Bristol, he moved to Wiltshire in 1. Devizes, where his father ran the Black Bear Inn – a popular stop off for people travelling from London to Bath. On Salisbury Plain, he helped travellers at his own expense with 1. Roman D cut in each side with the mileage to Devizes and an S for Salisbury. He was the leading British portrait painter of the early 1. Prince Regent, to paint a portrait of Queen Charlotte. Other sitters include the Duke of Wellington, Tsar Alexander, Emperor Francis I of Austria, the King of Prussia, Field- Marshal Prince Schwarzenberg, Archduke Charles of Austria, and Napoleon II. The most extensive collections of Lawrence’s work can be found in the Royal Collections and the National Portrait Gallery in London. John Constable (1. The romantic painter is famous for his painting The Hay Wain (1. His paintings of Wiltshire include View of Salisbury (c. Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishops’s Grounds (c. Bishop, Old Sarum (1. Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows (1. Stonehenge (1. 83. Thomas Moore (1. 77. The national poet of Ireland moved to Sloperton Cottage near Bromham in 1. He was great friends with the poet Byron and is remembered as the person who destroyed Byron’s memoirs to stop them being published. He is buried in the churchyard at Bromham. William Henry Fox Talbot (1. Fox Talbot lived in Lacock and was a pioneer of photography. His picture of the latticed window in Lacock Abbey (taken in 1. He was an accomplished scientist and a member of the Royal Society. In 1. 83. 1 he represented Chippenham as a Whig in the reformed parliament of 1. John Richard Jefferies (1. English nature writer John Jefferies was known for his depiction of English rural life in novels and books of natural history. He was born in Coate, Chiseldon, near Swindon and was the son of a farmer. His birthplace is now a museum open to the public. Books include The Scarlet Shawl, Wood Magic, Amaryllis at the Fair. Edith Bessie New (1. Edith New was born on 1. March, 1. 87. 7 at 2. North Street, Swindon. She was assistant mistress at Queenstown Infant School from 1. Edith was a leading suffragette who fought for women’s right to vote. In January 1. 90. Edith chained herself to the railings at 1. Downing Street. A blue plaque can be seen outide her Swindon home. Arthur George Street (1. Arthur Street was a farmer and writer. He wrote about the countryside and is best remembered for Farmer’s Glory (1. Strawberry Roan – a novel about a cow that was later made into a film. He was also a columnist for Farmer’s Weekly and a prolific radio broadcaster. Percy Toplis (1. 89. Murderer Percy Toplis killed cabbie Sidney George Spicer on Thruxton Down. He was also an imposter and served time for attempted rape. He was part of the Royal Army Service Corps and was based in Bulford. After the murder, Toplis went to London, but as the net closed in he fled to Monmouth, Wales, (formerly England), and then to Scotland. He then travelled to Cumbria where he was finally shot dead. He is buried in an unmarked grave in Penrith. Sir Cecil Beaton (1. Famous designer and fashion and portrait photographer Cecil Beaton lived in Ashcombe House on the Wiltshire/Dorset border from 1. Salvador Dali. In 1. Ashcombe Stripe, named after the house. The lease expired in 1. He moved to Reddish House in Broad Chalke where he died at the age of 7. Ian Fleming (1. 90. Author and creator of James Bond. He is buried in the parish church of St. James’s, Sevenhampton, near Swindon. He was buried on 1. August 1. 96. 4 – just one month before the Sean Connery blockbuster . He won the Nobel Prize for Literature and in 1. Booker Prize for literature for his novel Rites of Passage. He was also a poet and playwright. Golding grew up in Marlborough and his father was science master at Marlborough Grammar School. Golding himself taught at Bishop Wordsworth’s School in Salisbury from 1. Golding lived in Salisbury but moved to Bowerchalke in 1. Edward Heath (1. 91. Edward Heath, commonly known as Ted, was Prime Minister from 1. A conservative politician, he was leader of the party from 1. Heath was defeated by Margaret Thatcher and returned to the backbenches. Heath was also a world class yachtsman. He lived at Arundell’s in the cathedral Close in Salisbury and died of pneumonia in 2. His ashes are interred in Salisbury Cathedral. Rosemary Squires, MBE (1. Singer Rosemary started out with TV jingles and sang the Fairy Liquid . She made her first broadcast aged just 1. Rosemary was brought up in Salisbury and married Frank Lockyer, father of Sally Clark. She flourished as a Big Band singer and has topped the bill at the London Palladium. She was awarded the MBE in 2. Desmond Morris (1. Born in Purton in February 1. Desmond was an ethologist, zoologist and anthropologist. He was educated at Dauntsey’s School in West Lavington. He was head of the film unit and curator of mammals at the Zoological Society of London. His most famous work is The Naked Ape (1. The book looks at the animal like qualities of humans and our similarity with the great apes. Douglas Hurd (1. 93. Born in Marlborough, the conservative politician was secretary to Edward Heath. He has held the positions of Secretary of State, Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer. He also writes political thrillers. Diana Dors (1. 93. Diana Dors was born Diana Mary Fluck in Swindon. She was an actress and the English equivalent to the Hollywood blonde bombshell. Films include Yield to the Night (1. Deep End (1. 97. 0). She died on 4th May, 1. Leslie Thomas, OBE (1. Leslie was a former Barnardo’s boy who became one of Britain’s most popular writers. His first book was published in 1. Called The Virgin Soldiers, a comic work inspired by his experiences of National Service, it made him a household name. Leslie lived in Grade II- listed De Vaux House in Salisbury. Lord Bath (1. 93. The flamboyant Lord Bath is also known as Alexander Thynn (born Thynne). He is resident at Longleat House and is an artist, author and politician. He is well known for his polyamorous lifestyle, calling his lovers . He is the 7th Marquis of Bath. John Bush OBE (1. John Bush wass the Lord Lietenant of Wiltshire, a title he held since 2. February 2. 01. 2. His background is in farming. Whilst on his British Tour, he had a road traffic accident on the A4 in Chippenham which led to his death. Dave Dee (1. 94. 1- 2. Dave Dee (born David John Harman) was a pop musician and vocalist from the 1. Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Titch. He was born in Salisbury and went to Adcroft School, Trowbridge. After leaving school he became a police cadet with the Wiltshire Constabulary. In 1. 96. 2 he became a professional musician. The band was formed with four friends from Wiltshire: Trevor Leonard Ward- Davies (Dozy), John Dymond (Beaky), Michael Wilson (Mick) and Ian Frederick Stephen Amey (Titch). They were originally called Dave Dee and the Bostons. Their most famous song is The Legend of Xanadu (released in 1.
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