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Horsham: Christ's Hospital School

West Sussex

county, England, United Kingdom

Herstmonceux

East Sussex

county, England, United Kingdom

Brighton: Palace Pier

Brighton and Hove

unitary authority, England, United Kingdom

Key People

Harold Macmillan

Harold Macmillan

prime minister of United Kingdom

Sackville, George Sackville-Germain, 1st Viscount, Baron Bolebrooke of Sussex

George Sackville-Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville

English politician and soldier

A.A. Milne

A.A. Milne

British author

Oscar Homolka

Austrian actor

Ethel Robertson

Henry Handel Richardson

Australian novelist

John By: Rideau Canal

John By

British engineer

Sir John Cornforth

Australian-born British chemist

Jack Cade

English revolutionary

Douglas McGarel Hogg, 1st Viscount Hailsham of Hailsham

British lawyer and politician

Sayyid Amir Ali

Indian political leader

Sir George Robey

British comedian

Thomas Ravenscroft

English composer

Mark Rutherford, drawing by A. Ford Hughes, late 19th century

Mark Rutherford

British author

Sir Henry Royce

Sir Henry Royce, Baronet

British automobile manufacturer

Fleur Fenton Cowles

American writer