#1Politics & Law
Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge
1785–1856British politician (1785-1856)
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Famous people · Wrotham, Kent
4 famous people come from Wrotham, Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge the best known
Articles in 25 languages make the British politician Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge the best known. Close behind are Alfred Saker and Pattee Byng, 2nd Viscount Torrington. The list runs from Pattee Byng, 2nd Viscount Torrington, born in 1699, to Joan Morrison, born in 1911. 2 of them are leaders, more than in any other field.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge
in 25 Wikipedia languages
First
1699
Pattee Byng, 2nd Viscount Torrington
Youngest
1911
Joan Morrison
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Wrotham
Counted by languages, Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge is ahead of Alfred Saker and Pattee Byng, 2nd Viscount Torrington: 25, 7 and 7.
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#3Politics & Law
Pattee Byng, 2nd Viscount Torrington
1699–1747Member of the Parliament of Great Britain
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Through the years
When Wrotham’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1780s, with 1 births.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Wrotham is known for
The largest field is Politics & Law, with 2 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Wrotham
1 more, best known first.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Borough Green has the most on record: 3.
Questions about famous people from Wrotham
Who is the most famous person from Wrotham?
Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge (British politician (1785-1856)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 25 languages. Next come Alfred Saker and Pattee Byng, 2nd Viscount Torrington.
How many famous people were born in Wrotham?
4 people born in Wrotham have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 5 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Wrotham known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 2 of the 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Wrotham?
Pattee Byng, 2nd Viscount Torrington, born in 1699. The youngest on the list was born in 1911.
Who counts as from Wrotham?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Wrotham’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 (6)
- Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge: After Francis Holl / Eden Upton Eddis, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alfred Saker: JNicolasKONDAYANSA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pattee Byng, 2nd Viscount Torrington: Sir Godfrey Kneller Uploaded by Jack Wills It at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Walter Monckton, 1st Viscount Monckton of Brenchley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edith of Wilton: Juan de las Roelas, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Fry: Yabush, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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