List of people from Benenden

This is a list of people from Benenden, Kent, England.

Born in Benenden Aidan Crawley (1908–93), journalist and MP. John Grimston, (born 1951) British peer. Dora Honnywill (1870–1959), Olympic archer. Edward Leeds (died 1589) clergyman. Brian Moore (1932–2001), football commentator

Cricketers Edmund Hinkly (1817–1880), cricketer John Mayers (1801–65), cricketer. George Mills (1793–1865), cricketer. Richard Mills (1798–1882), cricketer. Stephen Southon (1806–1880), cricketer Charles Wenman (1797 – after 1841), cricketer. George Wenman 1805–37), cricketer. John Wenman (1803–77), cricketer. William Wenman (1832–1921), cricketer

People connected with Benenden Anthony Barker (1880–1963), artist, lived in Benenden. Anthony Beattie (1944–2014), civil servant, lives in Benenden. Jo Brand (1957–), comedian, lived in Benenden as a child. Kitty Fisher (d 1767), courtesan, lived in Benenden. Andrew Gardner (1932–1999), newsreader, lived in Benenden. Benjamin Haughton (1865–1924) landscape artist, lived near Benenden. Lady Victoria Hervey (born 1976), an English model, taught at Benenden School. Collingwood Ingram (1880–1981), ornithologist and horticulturalist, lived in Benenden. George Miles (1913–88), organist, was curate of St. George's Church, Benenden 1919–22. Charles Marriott Oldrid Scott (1880–1952), architect, worked on worked on Benenden School Hall in 1938 James Tinling (1900–83), partner in Power Jets Ltd, resided in Benenden at the time of his death. Philip Turbett (1961–), musician and teacher, taught at Benenden School.

See also List of people educated at Benenden School

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