Notable people North Shields

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1 notable people

1.1 academia
1.2 arts
1.3 business
1.4 fashion
1.5 industry
1.6 medicine
1.7 military
1.8 politics
1.9 sport





notable people

prominent locals include ralph gardner, opposed newcastle when attempted prevent docking of coal ships in north shields. gardner imprisoned in 1653 refusing close brewery supplied provisions ships. in 1655, petitioned parliament against claimed unfair demands of newcastle. gardner, regarded local hero, had high school named in honour near former site of cottage. school, nicknamed ralphies /ˈræfiːz/ students closed in 1994 , redeveloped gardner park housing estate. monument gardner erected near school.


academia

thomas haswell - writer, musician, teacher , philanthropist
james egan moulton - headmaster , methodist minister
michael thomas - linguist

arts

business

j. louis salmond - architect

fashion

lucy ratcliffe - model

industry

william harbutt – inventor of plasticine
george , robert stephenson (father , son) – pioneering engineers
william wouldhave - inventor of lifeboat

medicine

edward headlam greenhow - physician
birger tvedt - norwegian sports medical , physiotherapist

military

tommy brown (gm) - youngest ever recipient of george medal
allan grimson - former royal navy petty officer convicted in 2001 of murdering 2 young men.
john herbert hedley – ww1 flying ace
john nichol - royal air force navigator

politics

hastings banda – physician , president of malawi
thomas burt – miner , member of parliament
thomas eustace smith - english shipping magnate , liberal party politician
claire ward - member of parliament
ernest west - australian politician

sport

the family of cuthbert collingwood, 1st baron collingwood (1748–1810), notable naval commander, , edward collingwood (1734–1806), barrister ordered construction of dissington hall, had seat @ chirton hall in chirton, western suburb of north shields. collingwood arms, public house, later built on part of land before being demolished in 2005 make way retirement home.








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