Notable persons with connections to Stoke by Nayland Stoke-by-Nayland

william songer travelled nelson, new zealand on whitby captain arthur wakefield s servant, born in village of stoke-by-nayland, , suggested naming township in new zealand after birthplace.

charles torlesse

charles obins torlesse (1825 – 14 november 1866) born in stoke-by-nayland , prominent surveyor canterbury association in canterbury, new zealand. returned england due ill health , died in 1866. buried in stoke-by-nayland.

sir william tendring son of sir william tendring, lord of manor of tendring hall @ stoke-by-nayland, , margaret, daughter of sir william kerdiston of claxton, norfolk. married katherine, daughter of william mylde of clare, suffolk, , widow of sir thomas clopton of long melford, , succeeded lordship of tendring hall , other manors on death of father in 1375. couple had 1 child, alice, great heiress, in 1398 married sir john howard , later carried manor howard family. grandson, sir john howard, first howard become duke of norfolk, married c1442 katherine molyns, commemorated sixteenth-century brass in st marys church. , sir john became grandparents of 2 queens, ann boleyn , katherine howard. sir william tendring died in 1408; wife in 1402.

rowley baronets rear-admiral sir joshua rowley, 1st baronet (1 may 1734 – 26 february 1790) royal navy officer. rowley eldest son of admiral of fleet william rowley , uncle of sir josias rowley. in 1786 created baronet, of tendring hall stoke nayland in county of suffolk. fourth son charles admiral in royal navy , created baronet in own right in 1836.

joshua francis rowley, local politician , public servant: born 31 december 1920; deputy secretary, national trust 1952–55; succeeded 1962 seventh bt; chairman, west suffolk county council 1971–74; vice-chairman, suffolk county council 1974–76, chairman 1976–78; vice lord-lieutenant of suffolk 1973–78, lord-lieutenant 1978–94; married 1959 hon celia monckton (one daughter); died hadleigh, suffolk 21 february 1997.

charles gerald brocklebank born on 21 march 1893. son of reverend charles henry brocklebank , isabel katherine webster. married beatrice gresley madan, daughter of falconer madan, on 22 april 1925. charles gerald brocklebank fought in first world war, mentioned in despatches. gained rank of captain in service of royal engineers , decorated award of médaille militaire. received military cross (m.c.)

lady anne windsor married henry windsor, 5th baron windsor, son of edward windsor, 3rd baron windsor, , lady katherine de vere, daughter of john de vere, 16th earl of oxford. henry lord windsor died in 1605, aged 43. lady anne windsor died in 1615 , buried in st mary s church.

tomb of lady anne windsor, st mary s church, stoke-by-nayland

Æthelflæd of damerham Æthelflæd, known Æthelflæd of damerham second wife of king edmund of england.

david hicks perhaps dyvid byley of interior designers: exponent of profession man in street might able put name to. 40 years hicks has been household word , style touchstone of good, mad, never indifferent, taste. educated @ charterhouse school, followed obligatory stint in army determined him own master, , enrolled in central school of art , design in london. led contact advertising agencies , photographers such terence donovan, whom , brilliantly decorate sets. first of series of ravishing country houses, temple @ stoke-by-nayland, had bicycled past child. here created first decors, devised first garden (the long dark canal before temple s facade feature in own , clients landscapes), gave first parties , invited first friends. (d. 1998) obituary, independent.

ralph agas (or radulph agas) (c. 1540 – 26 november 1621), english land surveyor, born @ stoke-by-nayland, suffolk, 1540, , entered upon practice of profession in 1566.

sir william capell, son of john capell, held office of alderman of london , office of lord mayor of london 1503 1504 , 1509 1510.

thomas st lawrence, 11th baron howth (earl of howth) lived @ stoke nayland. succeeded title of 11th baron howth in 1643.

george webb (cricketer, born 1857)

beryl cook, obe (1926 – 2008), english artist best known original , instantly recognisable paintings.