Hitchin Worthies
Allen & Unwin, London, 1932
This book contains biographies of people connected with Hitchin.
Ralph Radcliffe 1519-1559
George Chapman 1559-1634
William Drage 1637-1668
Agnes Beaumont 1653-1720
William Bromfield 1650-1729
Francis Bragge 1664-1728
John Everett 1690-1730
Mark Hildesley 1698-1772
Captain Robert Hinde 1720-1786
Thomas Shillitoe 1754-1836
Ann Bradley 1766-1859
William Lucas 1768-1846
John Hawkins 1791-1877
F. P. Delmé-Radcliffe 1804-1875
Samuel Lucas 1805-1870
William Dawson 1805-1889
Hermit Lucas 1813-1874
Sir Henry Bessemer 1813-1898
Phebe Glaisyer 1816-1904
Francis Lucas 1816-1896
Sir Henry Hawkins 1817-1907
James Hack Tuke 1819-1896
William Ransom 1826-1914
William John Fitch 1826-1902
Frederic Seebohm 1833-1912
Sarah Smithson 1844-1928
The Thompsons of Elmside 1837-1929
A Group of Eccentrics
The book contains a good number of illustrations, and the biographies and some of the illustrations often mention other people. Unfortunately the index is limited so it is not easy to check whether a particular individual is mentioned. For instance there is a sketch of Benjamin Abbott (see ABBOTT, Lewesford House, Hitchin, mid 19th Century) but he is not listed in the index.