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Weymouth
Can anyone give me info on famous people from Weymouth, UK. I need to set up a quiz for a forthcoming trip there, and like to put in a few questions about the area ??? And i am struggling at the moment.
Many Thanks.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.hello micko1962.I Have looked at my Blue Guide of England gives some interesting points.
JOHN ENDICOTT Sailed from there to found plantation in Salem usa.
American assault force launched D Day in 1944.
became a resort in 1789 = george 111 visted
Thomas Hardy's novel The Trumpet Major gives picture of weymouth (budmouth) during Napoleonic era
famous natives Painter Sir James Thornhill 1675-1743
Thomas love Peacock 1785-1866.
Church of st Mary has an altarpiece by Thornhill.
You can look these people up and may get some questions for a quiz, hope this is some help will see if can find any others in my many books. Good Luck. k.