Milford on Sea Famous Residents

Over the years famous people have been born in, or made their home in Milford on Sea.

Here are a few you may or may not have been aware of:

Milford on Sea Famous Residents Photo Album
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Colonel Peter Hawker: Author, Diarist, Sportsman, Soldier & Shootist. To find out more, please click here.

Alexander Siemens: German electrical engineer. Westover Hall was built by the Siemens family over 100 years ago and later sold to the Morris family. (Now The Beach House). To find out more, please click here.

William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield: Philanthropist, industrialist and motor manufacturer who owned and lived at Westover Hall. (Now The Beach House). To find out more, please click here.

William Ravenscroft: Architect. During his practice in Milford on Sea, he was involved with 400 or more projects including alterations and internal works, war memorials and other public buildings. Between 1898 and 1928 he designed some 120 houses in the village.

Frank Cowper: Author, journalist, yacht broker, and the unsung pioneer of yachting for everyone. He sailed single-handed, and through his writings, encouraged other sailors to cruise solo. His Sailing Tours series of books were published between 1892-1896, and they were the first complete pilot book series covering the coastal waters around Britain for small boats not drawing more than 6ft.

Edith Cowper (E.E. Cowper): Author and Frank Cowper's ex-wife. Prolific author of adventure books for girls and Wikipedia lists her writing 69 titles - 23 of which were published when she lived in Milford on Sea.

Frank Wootton OBE: 20th century aviation artist. Born in Milford on Sea. To find out more, please click here.

Montague Dawson RSMA, FRSA: Considered the greatest painter of the sea and sailing ships in the first part of the 20th century. To find out more, please click here.

JRR Tolkien CBE. Author of Lord Of The Rings and The Hobbitt. Thought to have taken holidays at Cobblestones, a friend's house in Milford on Sea. To find out more, please click here.

Frances Fisher: Hollywood actress in films such as Titanic. To find out more, please click here.

Fred Keeping: Olympic cyclist and founder of village cycle shop & garage. To find out more, please click here.

Mike Keeping: Southampton FC & England footballer and manager of Real Madrid FC. To find out more, please click here.

Giuseppe Lund: Sculptor & Architectural Metalsmith and Rower. Maker of The Queen Elizabeth Gate, Hyde Park, London. To find out more, please click here.

Mark Shinn: World Champion Kiteboarder and founder of The World of Shinn. To find out more, please click here.

Sammy Miller MBE: Eleven times British Motorcycling Champion and winner of over 1400 events over 50 years. Founder of Sammy Miller Motorcycle Museum. To find out more, please click here.

Ivor Slaney: Musical Composer and Conductor. To find out more, please click here.

David Peach: Professional footballer and FA Cup winner with Southampton FC. To find out more, please click here.

Allen Greenwood: Former chairman of the British Aircraft Corporation. To find out more, please click here.

Freda Cheney MBE: a major village personality & heart of the community for many years. To find out more, please click here.

Chris Monk: Well known and respected village fishmonger and former councillor. To find out more, please click here.

Olive Troke: First female mayor of Lymington Borough who lived in Milford on Sea. To find out more, please click here.

Historic and Royal Connections:

King Charles 1: Held captive briefly at Hurst Castle during the English Civil War and before his execution in London in 1649. To find out more, please click here.

Admiral William Cornwallis: Friend of Lord Nelson, Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom, Member of Parliament and made a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath in 1815. He was also a lifelong bachelor. Owned Newland Manor. To find out more, please click here.

Newland Manor was inherited by Mary Ann Theresa Whitby, wife of Captain John Whitby. It then passed to Mrs Whitby’s daughter, Mrs Theresa West, and to her son William Cornwallis West. His wife, Patsy Cornwallis West was a favourite of the Prince of Wales and was largely responsible for extravagant house parties hosting Edward VII (after his accession), Kaiser Wilhelm II, Lady Randolph Churchill, together with many of the leading aristocracy of the day. To find out more, please click here.

To view the Milford on Sea Famous Residents Photo Album, please click here.

PS: If you know of anyone else to add, please just let me know.

david@milfordonsea.org