People connected with Yateley with Dictionary of National Biography Entries

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Yateley

Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910–1986), air force officer and politician ('Pathfinder' Bennett of Blackbushe - owned Blackbushe Airport)

Benson, Arthur Christopher (1862–1925), writer and university teacher (son of the Headmaster of Wellington College, he visited Yateley as a child and wrote about Yateley in two of his works)

Caswall, Edward (1814–1878), poet and Roman Catholic priest, son of Rev R C Caswall, Perpetual Curate of Yateley

Dart, John (d1730), antiquary, perpetual curate of Yateley 1728-30

Fitzroy, Sir Almeric William (1851–1935), civil servant, son of Horatio Fitzroy, of Frogmore Park

Guggisberg, Sir (Frederick) Gordon  (pseud. Ubique) (1869–1930), army officer and colonial governor, Used Yateley Hall (where his daughters lived) as an English base in the 1920s

Hall, (William) Stephen Richard King- (1893-1966), Baron King-Hall (1893–1966), writer and broadcaster. Lived at Moor Place, 34 Moulsham Lane, in 1920s.

Lampson, Frederick Locker- (known as Frederick Locker) (1821–1895), poet, educated at Yateley

Mascall, Edward James (1757/8–1832), civil servant, Lived at what is now called Barclay House

Nash, Paul (1889-1946), painter. Visited his aunt Mrs Chapman at Harpton House as a child and young man, and attributed his "first love of winter country" to his visits to Yateley.

O'Connor, John (1830–1889), scene-painter and topographical painter, Came to Yateley in 1888 after his health failed

Peace, Charles Frederick (1832–1879), burglar and murderer

Rigby, Christopher Palmer (1820–1885), diplomatist and army officer, son of Tipping Thomas Rigby of Yateley Lodge

Hawley

Glover, Sir John Hawley (1829–1885), naval officer and colonial administrator, born in the then Yateley parish

Minley

Blood, Thomas (1617/18–1680), adventurer and spy (Lived at Minley)

Clutton, Henry (1819–1893), architect, architect of Minley Manor

Currie, Bertram Wodehouse (1827–1896), banker

Currie (née Lamb), Mary Montgomerie, Lady Currie  (pseud. Violet Fane) (1843–1905), poet and writer (wife of Philip Henry Wodehouse Currie

Currie, Philip Henry Wodehouse, Baron Currie (1834–1906), diplomatist

Currie, Raikes (1801–1881), banker and politician

Godley, (John) Arthur, first Baron Kilbracken (1847–1932), civil servant

Hoare, Sir Reginald Hervey (1882–1954), diplomatist, born Minley Manor

Created RHJ 6.4.2008, rev RHJ 7.4.2008