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Politics & Law
Douglas Lloyd Savory
1878–1969British politician (1878-1969)
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Photo: Geographer · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Palgrave, Suffolk
One famous person was born in Palgrave
The British politician Douglas Lloyd Savory was born in 1878. Their birth falls in the Victorian era. Readers can find them written up in 4 languages. For more famous names, Diss is 1 mi away: its list has 8, led by Declan Rudd.
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notable people
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Douglas Lloyd Savory
in 4 Wikipedia languages
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1878
Douglas Lloyd Savory
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 people
The best known
Born in Palgrave
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Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Diss: 8.
Diss · 1 miDeclan Rudd & 7 more
Eye · 3 miMatthew Upson & 5 more
Mendlesham · 8 miRobert Brooke-Popham & 2 more
Roydon (South Norfolk) · 1 miBeatrix Havergal & 1 moreMPWalsham le Willows · 8 miMolly Peters & 1 more
Scole · 2 miWilliam Gooderham, Sr.
Dickleburgh · 4 miHenry Walton
Stradbroke · 8 miMary Matilda BethamQuestions about famous people from Palgrave
Who is the most famous person from Palgrave?
Douglas Lloyd Savory (British politician (1878-1969)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages.
How many famous people were born in Palgrave?
1 people born in Palgrave have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Palgrave 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 Palgrave?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Palgrave’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 (7)
- Declan Rudd: Preston_North_End_v_Liverpool_FC_-_July_2013.jpg: Ross Bradley derivative work: Dudek1337, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matthew Upson: Paul Blank, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Brooke-Popham: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Beatrix Havergal: Cecil Beaton, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Gooderham, Sr.: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Walton: Henry Walton, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Matilda Betham: Unknown - subject died 1852, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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