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In 1933 he financed the building of a large showroom, parts store and workshop (now a Weatherspoon pub) also a petrol filling station and a large garage for commuters to store their cars (where the Waitrose Superstore is today) and gave it to one of his sons to manage. (Brian. Buss. Et al) De Rutherwyk, John. He was a monk who was elected Abbot of Chertsey Abbey. 1307 – 1346.? As Chertsey Abbey owned Horley Church and much land in Horley, Rutherwyk was the landlord of much of the parish. Two years later in 1867 he married Emily Jennings who was the only girl in the family of nine boys. George and Emily had two girls and six boys.

Young, Leonard. Born in Horne, (Harrowsley Green Farm) c 1868. Married to Amie who came from Slaugham. Len was a carman and greengrocer. Lived in Station Road (High Street.) He and his son, Reg, ran a Transport and Removals business from a garage in Lumley Road into the 1970s when it was sold to the family who owned Crawley Luxury Coaches. The ‘L Young and Son’ lorries were a familiar sight in and around Horley for many years. Voice, Sidney E. Born Horley about 1911. Son of Frank (2) Lived at Albert Road, then Kings Road. Member of Horley Fire Brigade. Well known for playing the bass trombone in Horley Town Band.In 1898, Blunden, moved with his mother and two elder sisters from Sudbury, Suffolk to Horley in Surrey where he was articled to architect and surveyor, Arthur Kelway Bamber, who had recently moved to Horley from Chelmsford. However, having become disenchanted with architecture, Bamber left Horley in the following year, later becoming an expert in the field of cement. Abandoned by Bamber, Blunden was forced to travel to London to complete his training with George A. Hall, a Fellow of the British Institute of Architects whose office was in Victoria Street, London. By the end of 1899, he had returned to Horley ready to accept commissions and by 1901, he had completed work on several houses, the designs of which were typical of the period. Alexander Kearsey married Frances Mitford, the daughter of Algernon Freeman-Mitford, 1st Baron Redesdale and Lady Clementina Gertrude Helen Ogilvy, on 30 April 1907. The Mitfords were descendants of William the Conqueror. The couple had one son. Alexander Kearsey died in Wandsworth, London on 8 October 1967. He had survived his wife Frances, who had died in 1951, by 16 years.” ( Wikipedia) Monson, Sir William. Sir William (born 1567) he served in the Royal Navy 1585 to 1635. He was Admiral of the Downs and Narrow Seas from 1604 to 1615. He retired to Kinnersley Manor which he owned from sometime before 1624 to 1643 when he died aged 73. Whitmore, William. Born in Horley c1848, William was a corn and coal merchant living with his family in Victoria Road in 1901 The Ship’s Lists has many Atlantic crossings, as he yearly had to attend company Manager’s meetings. After a decision made by his cousin Marmaduke Furness to retire all family members from the business in 1919. Except for the Chairman of the Board of Directors.

Knowles, Charlie. Charlie Knowles was a colourful character in Horley during the 1960s, not only because of his white beard and his sporty grey top hat, but also where on numerous occasions he spent his nights. For almost two years he slept under the remaining elm tree in the car park of the then “Chequers Hotel”. One reason for doing so was said to be his belief that the tree was on Horley Common and he wanted to exercise his right to use the common. Extracts from “The First Day on the Somme” by Martin Middlebrook, 1971) Also from his great-grandson, Henry Reid, Et. Al. Monson supported Parliament during the civil wars, serving on the county committee for Surrey during the First Civil War, and defending Reigate Castle against the Earl of Holland’s Royalist uprising during the Second Civil War. In January 1649, Monson was appointed to the High Court of Justice. He attended the opening sessions of the King’s trial, but withdrew from the proceedings and did not sign the death warrant. Campbell, Sir Malcolm. World Land & water speed record holder. Born Chislehurst March 11, 1885, where his father William (born 1846 in St Pancras) was a “Jeweller, Gold” in 1891. In 1901 Malcolm was at a boarding school at Uppingham, Rutland. Later he lived in Hookwood then Headly then moved to Gatton in 1946 and died there in 1948.In July 1936 the Monotype Directors met for lunch at the Savoy Hotel, London to honour Frank Pierpont on his retirement. For years after many Horley residents and others from elsewhere enquired about the cheerful chappy who slept under tree.

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