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People


A county is the people who live in it, and their memories build its identity. These are some of the people who’ve lived in Hertfordshire through the ages – rich and poor, internationally famous or unknown outside family and community.

  • Dame Margaret Tuke, Academic/Educator
    Dame Margaret Tuke, Academic/Educator
    Hitchin Born Margaret Tuke.
  • Decorated Will
    Decorated Will
    Hertfordshire is landlocked
  • Delarivier Manley, Journalist
    Delarivier Manley, Journalist
    Delarivier Manley: 17th Century Author, Play-write and "a journalist in the making".
  • Denise Cook/Kelly
    Denise Cook/Kelly
    Looking for Den Cook/Kelly
  • Dolly Shepherd, The Pioneering Edwardian Lady Parachutist
    Dolly Shepherd, The Pioneering Edwardian Lady Parachutist
    Meet Dolly Shepherd, The Edwardian Parachutist, Trapeze Artist, Hot Air Balloon Jumper.
  • Dr Gladys Margaret Proudlock Dunbar
    Dr Gladys Margaret Proudlock Dunbar
    Dr Gladys Margaret Proudlock Dunbar, dedicated Dr to the People of Royston.
  • Dr Mary Groves Rowe MBE
    Dr Mary Groves Rowe MBE
    Dr Mary Groves Rowe MBE established the first St Albans and City and District Hospice Care Team.
  • Dr Miall-Smith, The Welwyn Garden City Doctor
    Dr Miall-Smith, The Welwyn Garden City Doctor
    Dr Miall-Smith, The First Female Welwyn Garden City Doctor.
  • E. Margaret Burnside, Midwifery Inspector
    E. Margaret Burnside, Midwifery Inspector
    E. Margaret, Hertfordshire's first Chief Health Visitor and Midwives Trainer
  • Elisabeth Hudson, Disability Campaigner
    Elisabeth Hudson, Disability Campaigner
    Elisabeth Hudson, St Albans Campaigner & Charity Worker.
  • Elizabeth Baker, Playwright and Suffragette.
    Elizabeth Baker, Playwright and Suffragette.
    Elizabeth Baker, Playwright and Suffragette.
  • Elizabeth Impey, Suffragette
    Elizabeth Impey, Suffragette
    Elizabeth Impey, Hitchin's Suffragette, Demonstrator & Protester.
  • Emily Davies, Suffragette & Founder of Britain’s First Women’s College.
    Emily Davies, Suffragette & Founder of Britain’s First Women’s College.
    Emily Davies, Founder of Britain’s First Women’s College.
  • Family search
    Family search
    My mother Elsie Jackson was born in 1909 in Letchworth, one of a family of 7 children born to George ...
  • First Jump from Dreaded Balloon
    First Jump from Dreaded Balloon
    First jump from Bessie at Ringway 1945
  • George Eliot, Author
    George Eliot, Author
    The Mill on the Floss and Middlemarch Author spent a Summer in Rickmansworth.
  • George Hill, last person executed in Hertford
    George Hill, last person executed in Hertford
    On the morning of 4 July 1875, William George Hill was baptized by his mother, Sarah Thrussell, at St. Peters ...
  • Gwendoline Page – From Boreham Wood To Bletchley
    Gwendoline Page – From Boreham Wood To Bletchley
    Gwendoline Page – The WW2 Code Breaker At Bletchley Park
  • Hatfield Mayor Lynne Sparks (2015-2016 Term)
    Hatfield Mayor Lynne Sparks (2015-2016 Term)
    Hatfiield Mayor (2015-2016 Term) Councillor Lynne Sparks
  • Henry Kingham, 1817-1882, Watford Grocer, Origins
    Henry Kingham, 1817-1882, Watford Grocer, Origins
    Henry Kingham was a well-known grocer and prominent citizen in Watford, Hertfordshire during the 19th century. His business continued until ...
  • Hertford County Constabulary
    Hertford County Constabulary
    A step towards promotion in 1916
  • Herts Characters
    Herts Characters
    An insight into the qualities and quirks of Hertfordshire's locals
  • Herts Hidden Heroines Project
    Herts Hidden Heroines Project
    Find out about this exciting project revealing the county's hidden heroines!
  • Hilary Ratcliffe OBE, Gender Equality Campaigner
    Hilary Ratcliffe OBE, Gender Equality Campaigner
    Hilary Ratcliffe OBE, Soroptimist.
  • African & Caribbean people in Herts before 1830

    African & Caribbean people in Herts before 1830 (8)

    Hidden Histories
  • Armed Forces

    Armed Forces (29)

    Hertfordshire's military experience
  • Artists and Illustrators

    Artists and Illustrators (16)

    Hertfordshire's artistic legacy
  • Businesses

    Businesses (30)

    Hertfordshire's commercial history
  • Doctors and Nurses

    Doctors and Nurses (4)

    Hertfordshire's health workers
  • Ebenezer Howard

    Ebenezer Howard (4)

    Founder of the Garden City Movement
  • Edward Lawrence - A Hertfordshire Man Remembers

    Edward Lawrence - A Hertfordshire Man Remembers (5)

    From his Memoirs, 1960
  • Famous / Infamous

    Famous / Infamous (21)

    Celebrities of Hertfordshire
  • George Paul: A Life in Hertford

    George Paul: A Life in Hertford (8)

    From the 1930s to the 1960s
  • Gypsies, Travellers and Showmen

    Gypsies, Travellers and Showmen (9)

    Hertfordshire's travelling people
  • Hertfordshire Centenarians

    Hertfordshire Centenarians (8)

    Hitting a hundred in Hertfordshire
  • John Gravestock

    John Gravestock (3)

    Hertfordshire to Gallipoli
  • Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer

    Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (41)

    Hertfordshire's LGBTQ+ community
  • Local Folk

    Local Folk (32)

    The people of Hertfordshire
  • My Story

    My Story (97)

    Be part of Hertfordshire's story
  • Nobility

    Nobility (47)

    Hertfordshire's aristocracy
  • Novelists, playwrights and poets

    Novelists, playwrights and poets (10)

    Literary figures of Hertfordshire
  • Politicians

    Politicians (11)

    Political life in Hertfordshire
  • Radcliffe Family and Hitchin Priory

    Radcliffe Family and Hitchin Priory (6)

    A Hertfordshire dynasty
  • Royalty

    Royalty (18)

    Hertfordshire's connections with the royal family
  • Scientists and Inventors

    Scientists and Inventors (21)

    Hertfordshire's contributions to science
  • Servants

    Servants (15)

    Below stairs in Hertfordshire
  • Sportspeople

    Sportspeople (12)

    Hertfordshire's contributions to sport
  • Ted Humphreys BEM

    Ted Humphreys BEM (2)

    A Hertfordshire life
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