9°CThomas Stearns EliotPoet
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Royal Crescent Promenade, Margate, CT9 5AEThomas Stearns Eliot, poet, 1888-1965 wrote part of the poem The Waste Land whilst sitting in the Nayland Rock Shelter October and November 1921.
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Robert Calvert and Space RockWriter, Poet, Musician and Band
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Arlington House, Margate, Arlington House Robert Calvert 1945-1988 poet & musician lived here during the 1960s Birthplace of Space Rock.
Henry FrederickDuke of Cumberland and Strathearn
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13 Cecil Square, Margate, CT9 1XYThe Duke of Cumberland brother of George III 1745-1796 lived here.
Richard BarhamAuthor
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Ingoldsby House, 20 The Parade, Margate, CT9 1EXCanon Richard Barham 1788-1845 Author of
Ingoldsby Legendslived here.
Karl MarxRevolutionary, Author
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6 Market Street, Margate, CT9 1EUKarl Marx 1818-1883 stayed here 1866.
Prince FrederickDuke of York and Albany
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Duke Street, Margate, CT9 1EZPrince Frederick,
The Grand Old Duke of York, 1763-1827 lived here.
George IVMonarch
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Cecil Square, Margate, CT9 1RLGeorge IV Prince of Wales 1762-1830 met his bride at the assembly rooms on this site.
Eric MorecambeComedian
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The Bulls Head, Market Square, Margate, CT9 1EREric Morecambe 1926-1984 comic held his wedding reception here.
Phyllis BroughtonDancer and Actress
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New Street, Margate, CT9 1PZPhyllis Broughton 1862 - 1926 Gaiety Girl lived here.
Francis CobbBanker & Brewer
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25 King Street, Margate, CT9 1DDFrancis
KingCobb 1726-1802 Banker & Brewer
King of Margatelived here.
George MorlandPainter
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35 Love Lane, Margate, CT9 1QAGeorge Morland 1763-1804 artist lived here on this site.
Joseph Mallord William TurnerPainter
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32 Hawley Street, Margate, CT9 1QAJ. M. W. Turner 1775-1851 artist Attended Coleman's School on this site.
John Le Mesurier and Hattie JacquesActors
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Albion Lodge, Trinity Square, Margate, CT10 1QAActors Hattie Jacques and John Le Mesurier lived here in the 1960s.
William Foord-KelceyCounty Cricketer, Professor of Mathematics and Barrister
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Ethelbert Crescent, Cliftonville, Margate, CT9 2DZWilliam Foord-Kelcey 1854-1922 Kent County Cricketer, Professor of Mathematics and Barrister lived here.
David RailtonClergyman
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42 Gordon Road, Margate, CT9 4DZThe Revd David Railton 1884-1955 who originated the idea of the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey lived here.
Paul BoothMusician
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74 Highfield Road, Ramsgate, Paul Booth lived here from 1977 Acclaimed jazz musician.