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STAFFORDSHIRE PEOPLE OF NOTE |
|
NAME |
DATES |
NOTE |
| Addison, Joseph |
1672-1719 |
Lichfield |
| Anson, Admiral George |
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Shugborough |
| Ashmole, Elias |
1617-92 |
Lichfield |
| Bagot, Colonel Richard(1) |
1619-45 |
Blithfield |
| (2) | ||
| Bennett, Arnold | Arnold Bennett Society | |
| Brindley, James |
1716-72 |
Canal builder |
| Buchanan, Robert |
1841-1901 |
Staffordshire poet |
| Cook, Joseph |
1860-1947 |
9th Prime Minister of Australia |
| Darwin, Erasmus |
1731-1802 |
Lichfield |
| Day, Thomas |
1748-78 |
Lichfield |
| Deakin Jonah (snr) |
1876 - 1951 |
Brownhills JP, County Councillor |
| Deakin, Jonah (jnr) |
1906 – 80 |
Brownhills celebrity |
| Edgeworth, Richard Lovell |
1744-1817 |
Lichfield |
| Garrick, David |
1717-79 |
Theatre, Lichfield |
| Harrison Thomas |
1606-60 |
Cromwellian army officer |
| Heath, George |
1844 - 1869) |
‘The Moorland Poet’ |
| Johnson, Dr Samuel |
1709 - 84 |
Lichfield |
| Marklew, William |
1858 ~1924 |
Brownhills celebrity |
| McClean, John Robinson |
1813-73 |
Engineer & entrepreneur |
| Moreton, John |
1777-1847 |
convict potter |
| Palmer, Dr William |
1824-56 |
Poisoner, Rugeley |
| Roberts, William |
1828-1906 |
The Brownhills Brewer |
| Seward, Anna |
1742-1809 |
"Swan of Lichfield" |
| Sheridan, Richard Brinsley |
1751–1816 |
dramatist and politician |
| Swinburne,Col. Joseph |
1783-1860 |
Lichfield |
| Walton, Izzac |
1593-1683 |
Fisherman |
| Wedgwood, Josiah |
1872- |
Pottery manufactury |
| Wilkes, Richard |
1691-1760 |
Antiquary and physician |