Chislehurst Lives
We are planning a series of articles on Chislehurst residents who have left their marks either in Chislehurst or elsewhere. Please let us have your nominations for entries to the Chislehurst Hall of Fame.
Sir Malcolm Campbell - holder of the world land speed record and owner of Blue Bird
Napoleon III - exiled Emperor of France
Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden - Lord Chancellor, and Lord President of the Council
Sir Victor Shepheard - Naval architect and designer of HMS Britannia
Earl Sydney - Lord of the Manor and Holder of High Office under Palmerston and Gladstone
William Willett - Builder and Initiator of Daylight Saving
Sir Ted Willis - author and playwright
In addition, the following lives of residents of one road in Chislehurst can be found on the Kemnal Road website:
| Major John Lawrence Benthall (Holly Bowers) | Henry Bilbrough (Nizels) |
| Peter Harding (Woodheath Cottage) | Sir Gerald Berkeley Hurst KC (Hoblands) |
| Sir James Kemnal (Kemnal Manor) | Cyril Kinder (Hoblands) |
| Sir Archibald McDonald (Kemnal Manor) | Major Sir Philip Margetson MC (Meadowcroft) |
| Harold Molins (Mulbarton) | Sir Walter Murton CB (Meadowcroft) |
| Agnes Tiarks (Foxbury) | Henry Tiarks 1832-1911 (Foxbury) |
| Frank Tiarks OBE (Woodheath and Foxbury) | Henry Tiarks 1900-1995 (Woodheath and Foxbury) |
| Herman Tiarks (Foxbury) | The Tiarks family of Foxbury |
| Fryn Tennyson Jesse (Holly Bowers) | Charles Williams (Nizels) |