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People

Over the years, Beaconsfield has been home, and continues to be home, to many famous and influential figures.

  • Airey Neave

    Airey Neave

  • Alison Uttley, ‘Spinner of Tales’, creator of Little Grey Rabbit

    Alison Uttley, ‘Spinner of Tales’, creator of Little Grey Rabbit

  • Claude Duvall

    Claude Duvall

  • Edmund Burke

    Edmund Burke

  • Edward Levy Lawson - 1st Baron Burnham

    Edward Levy Lawson - 1st Baron Burnham

  • Enid Blyton

    Enid Blyton

  • Flight Lieutenant Richard Hope Hillary, R.A.F. (1919-1943)

    Flight Lieutenant Richard Hope Hillary, R.A.F. (1919-1943)

    Spitfire pilot during the Battle of Britain; Author of “ The Last Enemy”; One of the original “Guinea Pigs
  • G K Chesterton 1874-1936

    G K Chesterton 1874-1936

  • James Louis Garvin

    James Louis Garvin

  • Lord Reith of the BBC

    Lord Reith of the BBC

    John Charles Walsham Reith, 20/7/1889-16/6/1971
  • Robert Frost

    Robert Frost

  • The Christmas Truce

    The Christmas Truce

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