#1Politics & Law
Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Earl of Lathom
1837–1898British peer (1837-98)
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Famous people · Ring o' Bells, Lancashire
Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Earl of Lathom, born in 1837, is Ring o' Bells’ famous person on record
In 1837, the British peer Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Earl of Lathom was born. That places their birth in the Victorian era. Articles about them exist in 3 languages. For more famous names, Ormskirk is 4 mi away: its list has 68, led by James Hopwood Jeans.
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Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Earl of Lathom
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Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Earl of Lathom
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Born in Ring o' Bells
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Ormskirk has the most on record: 68.
Ormskirk · 4 miJames Hopwood Jeans & 67 more
Orrell · 6 miCatherine Ashton & 23 moreJASkelmersdale · 3 miJohn Anderton & 8 moreRECroston · 5 miRobert Etherington & 5 moreBLBurscough · 1 miBobby Langton & 4 more
Eccleston · 5 miJohn Rigby & 3 moreDORainford · 6 miDanny O'Donnell & 3 moreEPAppley Bridge · 4 miEva Pope & 2 moreQuestions about famous people from Ring o' Bells
Who is the most famous person from Ring o' Bells?
Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Earl of Lathom (British peer (1837-98)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages.
How many famous people were born in Ring o' Bells?
1 people born in Ring o' Bells have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 2 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Ring o' Bells known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Ring o' Bells?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Ring o' Bells’ 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 (4)
- Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Earl of Lathom: Eglington & Co, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Hopwood Jeans: Kokorik (Uploader), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Catherine Ashton: ©House of Lords / photography by Roger Harris, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Rigby: Matthew, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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