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William F.S. Edwards
1872–1941British military officer and Inspector General of Police
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Famous people · East Budleigh, Devon
William F.S. Edwards, born in 1872, is East Budleigh’s famous person on record
William F.S. Edwards came into the world in 1872. That places their birth in the Victorian era. Their story is told in 3 languages. A short trip away, Exmouth (4 mi) counts 23 famous people, Pauline Collins among them.
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notable people
Best known
William F.S. Edwards
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1872
William F.S. Edwards
Most common field
Military
1 people
The best known
Born in East Budleigh
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Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Exmouth has the most people on record, 23 of them.
Questions about famous people from East Budleigh
Who is the most famous person from East Budleigh?
William F.S. Edwards (British military officer and Inspector General of Police) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages.
How many famous people were born in East Budleigh?
1 people born in East Budleigh have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is East Budleigh known for?
Among its famous people, soldiers and sailors: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 4% across UK towns.
Who counts as from East Budleigh?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside East Budleigh’s 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 (3)
- William F.S. Edwards: AnonymousUnknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pauline Collins: Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dick Pym: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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