List of people from Newcastle-under-Lyme explained

This is a list of notable people who were born in or have been residents of the town of Newcastle-under-Lyme, in the county of Staffordshire, England.

Earlier centuries

• Humphrey Wollrich (1633–1707), Quaker writer.^[1]
• Philip Astley (1742–1814), equestrian, inventor and father of the modern circus^[2]
• Silvester Harding (1745–1809), artist and publisher, who joined a company of strolling actors at age 14^[3]
• John James Blunt (1794–1855), Anglican priest who wrote studies of the early Church.^{[4] [5]}

19th century

• Henry Moseley (1801–1872), churchman, mathematician, and scientist.^[6]
• Joseph Mayer (1803–1886), goldsmith, antiquary and collector.^[7]
• Emma Darwin (née Wedgwood) (1808–1896), granddaughter of Josiah Wedgwood and wife of Charles Darwin
• Hungerford Crewe, 3rd Baron Crewe (1812–1894), landowner and peer, inherited the Jacobean Crewe Hall and failed to prevent the construction of a Silverdale and Madeley Railway Company line.
• Sir Oliver Lodge (1851–1940), physicist, inventor and writer^[8]
• Arthur Howard Heath (1856–1930), industrialist, cricketer, Rugby Union international and local Conservative MP^[9]
• Sir Joseph Cook (1860 in Silverdale – 1947), worked in the local coalmines before emigrating in 1885; Prime Minister of Australia, 1913–1914^[10]
• Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia, (1861–1929), lived in Keele Hall in 1900–1909.^[11]
• Arnold Bennett (1867–1931), writer^[12]
• Ada Nield Chew (1870–1945), suffragist
• Alfred Herbert Richardson (1874–1951), policeman and Chief Constable of Newcastle-under-Lyme 1901-1903
• Oliver William Foster Lodge (1878–1955), poet and author born in Newcastle
• Fanny Deakin (1883–1968), local politician born in Silverdale, who campaigned for child nourishment and maternity care.^[13]
• Vera Brittain (1893–1970), author, reformer and pacifist, and mother of Shirley Williams^[14]
• Reginald Mitchell (1895–1937), designer of the Spitfire fighter plane^[15]

20th century

• E. S. Turner (1909–2006), journalist and author, went to school in the town.^[16]
• Fred Kite (1921–1993), only Second World War British soldier to receive the Military Medal three times^[17]
• Freddie Garrity (1936–2006), singer, lived in the town near the end of his life.^[18]
• Jackie Trent (1940–2015), singer, songwriter and actress^[19]
• Neil Baldwin (born 1946), clown, Stoke City kit-man and honorary graduate of Keele University
• Kevin John Dunn (1950–2008), twelfth Roman Catholic Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle^[20]
• Professor Alan Sinclair (born 1952), clinical scientist and diabetes specialist^[21]
• Dylan Waldron (born 1953), artist in traditional techniques such as painting in egg tempera and silverpoint^[22]
• Janet Bloomfield (1953–2007), peace and disarmament campaigner
• Fran Unsworth (born 1957), journalist, head of BBC News since January 2018^[23]
• Emma Amos (born 1964), actress
• Andrew Van Buren (living), illusionist showman, co-founder of the Philip Astley Project
• Hugh Dancy, (born 1975), actor
• Charlotte Salt, (born 1985), actress as Sam Nicholls in Casualty (TV series)^[24]
• Dan Croll, (born 1990) singer and songwriter^[25]
• Leon Cooke (born 1991), actor, singer and dancer
• Wes Nelson (born 1998), singer and reality television star
• Daniel Jones (born 1973), former professional ballet dancer with English National Ballet, choreographer, producer, documentary maker, and now doing wonders for the arts in Newcastle-under-Lyme
• Norman Berrisford (born 1928), architectural designer

Notable sports people

• Dick Ray (1876–1952) professional footballer and manager with Port Vale and Manchester City^[26]
• Frederick Bailey (1919–1985), left-handed English cricketer^[27]
• Don Ratcliffe (1934–2014), footballer with Stoke City^[28]
  • • Mike Pejic (born 1950), footballer with Stoke City and Everton Ian Moores (1954–1998) footballer with Stoke City and Tottenham Hotspur Robbie Earle (born 1965), footballer with Port Vale and Wimbledon^[29]
• Graham Shaw (born 1967) footballer with Stoke City^[30]
• Dominic Cork, (born 1971) cricketer^[31]
• Simon Wakefield (born 1974), professional golfer
  • Lizzie Neave (born 1987), slalom canoeist in women's kayak, competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics Oliver Sadler (born 1987), first-class cricketer
• Peter Wilshaw (born 1987), cricketer^[32]
• Eddie Hall (born 1988), professional strongman^[33]
• Danielle Wyatt (born 1991), professional England cricketer
• Curtis Nelson (born 1993), footballer for Plymouth Argyle F.C.^[34]
• Aaron Ramsdale (born 1998), footballer

Notable politicians

• Sir John Merrick (1584–1659), politician and Newcastle-under-Lyme MP^[35]
• Robert Needham, 2nd Viscount Kilmorey (1587/88–1653), supporter of Charles I; MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme in the Addled Parliament in 1614.^[36]
• Sir Richard Leveson (1598–1661), MP for Newcastle in the Long Parliament^[37]
• Samuel Terrick (1602–1675), local politician.^[38] In 1658 he went bankrupt for £20,000.
• Major-General Thomas Harrison (1606–1660) sided with Parliament in the English Civil War. In 1649 he signed the death warrant of Charles I and in 1660, after the Restoration, was found guilty of regicide and hanged, drawn and quartered.
• Sir Richard Lloyd (1606–1676), English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1628 and 1676. In April 1640, Lloyd was MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme in the Short Parliament.^[39]
• Sir Alfred Seale Haslam (1844–1927) engineer, three times Mayor of Newcastle, MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme, 1900–1906^[40]
• Josiah Wedgwood, 1st Baron Wedgwood (1872–1943), Josiah Wedgwood IV, great-great-grandson of Josiah Wedgwood and Liberal MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme 1906-1919, then its Labour MP 1919-1942^[41]
• Sir Oswald Mosley (1896–1980), founder of British Union of Fascists lived in Apedale Hall in early 1900s
• John David Mack (c. 1899–1957), Labour Party MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme, 1942–1951.
• Stephen Swingler (1915–1969) Labour MP for Stafford, 1945–1950, and for Newcastle-under-Lyme 1951–1969^[42]
• John Golding (1931–1999), Labour MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme 1969-1986^[43]
• Llin Golding, Baroness Golding (born 1933), Labour MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme 1986-2001^[44]
• Jeremy Lefroy (born 1959) Westlands councillor, MP for Stafford since 2010^[45]
• Paul Farrelly (born 1962), MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme and journalist^[46]
• Karen Bradley (born 1970), MP for Staffordshire Moorlands and Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport^[47]
• Aaron Bell (born 1980) politician, MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme since 2019^[48]
• Gareth Snell (born 1986), graduate of Keele University 2008, leader of the Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council 2012–2014 and MP for Stoke-on-Trent Central since 2017^[49]

Notes and References

1. Wolrich, Humphrey . 62 . Smith . Charlotte Fell . Charlotte Fell Smith . 319-320 . 1.
2. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/2929565.stm BBC News Channel, Tuesday, 8 April, 2003. Retrieved December 2017.
3. Harding,_Silvester . 24 . x.
4. Blunt,_John_James . 04 . x.
5. Blunt,_John_James . 05 . x.
6. Moseley, Henry (1801-1872) . 39 . Woodward . Bernard Barham . Bernard Barham Woodward . 175-176 . 1.
7. Mayer, Joseph . 37 . Sutton . Charles William . Charles William Sutton . 149-150 . 1.
8. Lodge, Sir Oliver Joseph . 16 . 860.
9. https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-arthur-heath-1 HANSARD 1803–2005, Mr Arthur Heath. Retrieved December 2017.
10. http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/cook-sir-joseph-5763 Australian Dictionary of Biography, Cook, Sir Joseph (1860–1947)
11. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27331/page/4569 The London Gazette, publication date: 9 July 1901, Issue:27331, Page:4569.
12. http://biography.yourdictionary.com/arnold-bennett YourDictionary Arnold Bennett, Facts. Retrieved December 2017.
13. https://web.archive.org/web/20070902001036/http://www.newcastle-staffs.gov.uk/general.asp?id=SXEA55-A77FA208 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council, 15 June 2004, Fanny Deakin 1883–1968.
14. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2003/aug/30/featuresreviews.guardianreview18 The Guardian, 30 August 2003, The making of a peacenik, Retrieved December 2017.
15. http://www.rjmitchell-spitfire.co.uk/aboutrjmitchell/index.asp?sectionID=1 RJ Mitchell website, A life in aviation.
16. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/jul/18/pressandpublishing.obituaries The Guardian, 18 July 2006, Obituary: E. S. Turner, Stalwart of Punch. Retrieved December 2017.
17. https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/44073/Kite-Frederick-William-Buck.htm?c=aw TracesOfWar.com, Kite, Frederick William "Buck". Retrieved 8 February 2018.
18. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/5000396.stm BBC News, 20 May 2006. Retrieved December 2017.
19. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/mar/22/jackie-trent The Guardian, March 22, 2015, Jackie Trent obituary. Retrieved December 2017.
20. http://rcdhn.org.uk/rest_in_peace/formerbishops/kd/kd_bio.php The Diocese of Hexham & Newcastle, Bishop Kevin Dunn RIP
21. https://expertfile.com/experts/profalan.jsinclair International Federation of Ageing, profile for Professor Alan Sinclair. Retrieved December 2017.
22. http://www.dylanwaldronartist.co.uk/Biography.htm Dylan Waldron website, Biography. Retrieved December 2017.
23. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42365321 BBC News, 15 December 2017, BBC appoints Fran Unsworth as next head of news. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
24. Web site: Actress Charlotte is back in Casualty – and has two new films out . Stoke Sentinel . 2018.
25. https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/480801c6-bd47-4d0d-b9fc-c20289529760 BBC Music, Don Croll. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
26. http://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=374 SoccerBase database. Retrieved December 2017.
27. http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/9448.html ESPN cricinfo Database. Retrieved December 2017.
28. http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player/donratcliffe.html Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database. Retrieved December 2017.
29. http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=2254 SoccerBase Database. Retrieved December 2017.
30. http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=7211 SoccerBase Database. Retrieved December 2017.
31. http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/10816.html ESPN cricinfo Database. Retrieved December 2017.
32. http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/22704.html ESPN cricinfo Database
33. http://theworldsstrongestman.com/athletes/eddie-hall/ The World’s Strongest Man website. Retrieved December 2017.
34. http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=54429 SoccerBase Database. Retrieved December 2017.
35. https://h2g2.com/edited_entry/A13911806 h2g2 Parliamentary Generals in the 1640s – Sir John Merrick.
36. http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/needham-robert-15878-1653 The History of Parliament Trust, NEEDHAM, Robert (1587/8–1653). Retrieved December 2017.
37. http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/leveson-richard-1598-1661 The History of Parliament Trust, LEVESON, Richard (1598-1661). Retrieved December 2017.
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40. https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/sir-alfred-haslam/index.html Hansard 1803–2005, Sir Alfred Haslam.
41. https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/colonel-josiah-wedgwood/index.html HANSARD 1803–2005, Colonel Josiah Wedgwood. Retrieved December 2017.
42. https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-stephen-swingler/index.html Hansard 1803–2005, contributions in Parliament by Stephen Swingler.
43. https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-john-golding/index.html Hansard 1803–2005, contributions in Parliament by Mr John Golding. Retrieved December 2017.
44. https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mrs-llin-golding/index.html Hansard 1803–2005, contributions in Parliament by Mrs Llin Golding. Retrieved December 2017.
45. Web site: Jeremy Lefroy MP, Stafford. TheyWorkForYou. en. 2019-08-26.
46. Web site: Paul Farrelly MP, Newcastle-under-Lyme . TheyWorkForYou . en . 2019-08-26.
47. Web site: Karen Bradley MP, Staffordshire Moorlands . TheyWorkForYou . en . 2019-08-26.
48. https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/25916/aaron_bell/newcastle-under-lyme Aaron Bell, MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme
49. Web site: Gareth Snell MP, Stoke-on-Trent Central . TheyWorkForYou . en . 2019-08-26.