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George Cholmondeley, 5th Marquess of Cholmondeley
1883–1968British tennis player (1883-1968)
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Famous people · Malpas, Cheshire
From 1505 to 1940, Malpas was the birthplace of 4 famous people
George Cholmondeley, 5th Marquess of Cholmondeley, the British tennis player, is the most widely known, written about in 6 languages. The British racehorse trainer Fulke Johnson Houghton ranks second, ahead of Noel Murless. The list’s best known name, George Cholmondeley, 5th Marquess of Cholmondeley, dates from 1883. No town in Cheshire lists more than Chester, with 296.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
George Cholmondeley, 5th Marquess of Cholmondeley
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1505
Urian Brereton
Youngest
1940
Fulke Johnson Houghton
The best known
Born in Malpas
Counted by languages, George Cholmondeley, 5th Marquess of Cholmondeley is ahead of Fulke Johnson Houghton and Noel Murless: 6, 2 and 2.
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Through the years
When Malpas’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1880s come out on top, with 1 births.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Malpas is known for
The largest field is Sports, with 1 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Malpas
1 more, best known first.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Wrexham lists the most people: 215.
Questions about famous people from Malpas
Who is the most famous person from Malpas?
George Cholmondeley, 5th Marquess of Cholmondeley (British tennis player (1883-1968)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 6 languages. Next come Fulke Johnson Houghton and Noel Murless.
How many famous people were born in Malpas?
4 people born in Malpas have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Malpas?
Urian Brereton, born in 1505. The youngest on the list was born in 1940.
Who counts as from Malpas?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Malpas’ built-up area (the ONS 2022 boundary), a hospital or district within it included, whose English Wikipedia article agrees. People who only lived here, adult performers and people known mainly for crimes aren’t listed.
Why is someone missing?
Their Wikidata birthplace may be a bigger area (“London”), another town, or missing, or their article may give no birthplace. We only list people both sources agree on; editing Wikidata or Wikipedia changes this page at the next refresh.
From Wikidata (CC0: birthplaces, descriptions, years, occupations) and English Wikipedia (each person’s article confirms the birthplace; linked, not quoted). Birthplaces are placed in the town by the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary (Office for National Statistics, Open Government Licence v3.0). Ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Fields are read from Wikidata’s description and occupations. “The usual town”: everyone listed across UK towns. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (7)
- George Cholmondeley, 5th Marquess of Cholmondeley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Danny Ward: md.faisalzaman from Worcester, MA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward German: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eglantyne Jebbs: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Leigh Richmond Roose: UnknownUnknown (uncredited by source) The original uploader was Mikedash at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick Cawley, 1st Baron Cawley: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Speed: Salomon Savery, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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