#1Military
Charles Hotham
1806–1855Lieutenant-governor of Victoria (1806-1855)
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Famous people · Dennington, Suffolk
Dennington has just one famous person to its name: Charles Hotham
Charles Hotham, the lieutenant-governor of Victoria, was born in 1806. That places their birth in the Georgian era. Readers can find them written up in 7 languages. Within 2 mi, Framlingham lists the most: 8, with Margaret, Duchess of Norfolk first.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Charles Hotham
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1806
Charles Hotham
Most common field
Military
1 people
The best known
Born in Dennington
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Framlingham has the most on record: 8.
Questions about famous people from Dennington
Who is the most famous person from Dennington?
Charles Hotham (lieutenant-governor of Victoria (1806-1855)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 7 languages.
How many famous people were born in Dennington?
1 people born in Dennington have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Dennington 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 Dennington?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Dennington’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)
- Charles Hotham: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Matthew Upson: Paul Blank, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Bright: Thomas Dewell Scott, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brian Eno: How We Get To Next, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Matilda Betham: Unknown - subject died 1852, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Ward: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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