Noteable Graves at Brookwood Cemetery
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Charles Henry Mileham (1837-1917) [PLOT 46]
Charles Henry Mileham (1837-1917)[PLOT 46]Architect. Born in Aylesham, Norfolk. Moved to London. He concentrated mostly on designs for Schools, Country Houses, and Churches. He designed a bespoke factory for Chubb Locks and a luxurious Grand Hotel in Southwold. His...
Baron de Cartier de Marchienne (1871-1946) [PLOT 55]
Baron de Cartier de Marchienne (1871-1946) [PLOT 55]Belgian Ambassador. Baron Emile-Ernest de Cartier de Marchienne born 30th November 1871 in Schaerbeek, Belgium, was a Belgian diplomat. Emile de Cartier de Marchienne was Belgian Minister in the United States, China,...
Reverend Alexander Heriot Mackonochie (1825-1887) [PLOT 46]
Reverend Alexander Heriot Mackonochie (1825-1887) [PLOT 46]Curate of St Albans. Born at Fareham, Hampshire, 11th August 1825, was third son of George Mackonochie, a retired colonel in the army. He was educated at schools at Bath and Exeter, and attended lectures, at...
Alfred William Hunt (1830-1896) [PLOT 56]
Alfred William Hunt (1830-1896) [PLOT 56]Landscape Painter. Alfred William Hunt was born in Liverpool in 1830. He began to paint while at the Liverpool Collegiate School. However at his father's suggestion he went in 1848 to Corpus Christi College, Oxford to study...
Leveson Francis Vernon-Harcourt (1839-1907) [PLOT 36]
Leveson Francis Vernon-Harcourt (1839-1907) [PLOT 36]Civil Engineer. Leveson Francis Vernon-Harcourt was the son of Admiral Frederick Edward Vernon-Harcourt (1790–1883), and his wife, Marcia Delap née Tollemache (1802–1868). He was educated at Windlesham House...
Harry Govier Seeley (1839-1909) [PLOT 37]
Harry Govier Seeley (1839-1909) [PLOT 37]Geologist and Palaeontologist. Harry Govier Seeley was born on 18th February 1839 in London. At the age of two, Seeley was sent to live with pianoforte makers after his father and was declared bankrupt. In 1855 his uncle John...
Joyce Pearce (1915-1985) [PLOT 44]
Joyce Pearce (1915-1985) [PLOT 44]Founder of Ockenden Venture for refugee children. The Ockenden Venture was founded in 1951 by three local schoolteachers and took its name from founder Joyce Pearce’s family home ‘Ockenden’ in White Rose Lane, Woking. The Ockenden...
Dugald Drummond (1840-1912) [PLOT 38]
Dugald Drummond (1840-1912) [PLOT 38]Railway Engineer. Dugald Drummond born 1st January 1840 was a Scottish steam locomotive engineer. He had a career with the North British Railway, LB&SCR, Caledonian Railway and London and South Western Railway. He was the older...
John Hay Beith (Ian Hay) (1876-1952) [PLOT 37]
John Hay Beith (Ian Hay) (1876-1952) [PLOT 37]Writer. Major General John Hay Beith, CBE born 17th April 1876 was a British schoolmaster and soldier, but he is best remembered as a novelist, playwright, essayist, and historian who wrote under the pen name Ian Hay....
Edward Ballard (1820-1897) [PLOT 36]
Edward Ballard (1820-1897) [PLOT 36]Physician and Public Health Officer. Edward Ballard was a 19th-century English physician, best known for his reports on the unsanitary conditions in which most of Victorian England lived. Ballard was born in Islington, Middlesex,...