Bedford is a historic market town and the county town of Bedfordshire, England. At the 2011 Census, the population of the Bedford built-up area was 106,940, making it the second-largest settlement in Bedfordshire behind Luton whilst the Borough of Bedford had a population of 157,479.
Samuel Whitbread was an English brewer and Member of Parliament. In 1742, he established a brewery that in 1799 became Whitbread & Co Ltd.
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Baron Silsoe, of Silsoe in the County of Bedford, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 18 January 1963 for the barrister Sir Malcolm Trustram Eve, 1st Baronet. He had already been created a Baronet, of Silsoe in the County of Bedford, on 18 January 1943. He was succeeded by his son, the second Baron. Known as David Silsoe, he was also a barrister. As of 2017 the titles are held by his son Simon, the third Baron, who succeeded in 2005.
Sir Albert Edward Richardson was a leading English architect, teacher and writer about architecture during the first half of the 20th century. He was Professor of Architecture at University College London, a President of the Royal Academy, editor of Architects' Journal and founder of the Georgian Group.
Shefford is a town and civil parish located in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England. At the 2001 census it had a population of 4,928, and was estimated to have grown to 5,770 by 2007. The population at the 2011 Census had risen to 5,881.
Simon Groom is a British producer and director. He was a presenter of Blue Peter from 1978 to 1986.
Henry Taylor was a British racing driver from England.
Wrestlingworth is a small, rural village in the Central Bedfordshire district of the county of Bedfordshire, England about 13 miles (21 km) east of the county town of Bedford. Wrestlingworth incorporates the hamlet of Water End, some half mile to the south of the village centre. At the 2011 census date it had a population of 591. It is in the civil parish of Wrestlingworth and Cockayne Hatley.
Harrold is a civil parish and electoral ward in the Borough of Bedford within Bedfordshire, England, around nine miles north-west of Bedford. The village is on the north bank of the River Great Ouse, and is the site of an ancient bridge, linking the village with Carlton with Chellington on the south bank. Immediately to the east of the village is Odell. Across the bridge is Carlton.
Peter Geoffrey Taylor (1926–2011) was a British botanist who worked at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew throughout his career in botany. Taylor was born in 1926 and joined the staff of the herbarium at Kew in 1948. He published his first new species, Utricularia pentadactyla, in 1954. In 1973, Taylor was appointed curator of the orchid division of the herbarium and, according to Kew, "under his direction, orchid taxonomy was revitalised and its horticultural contacts strengthened."
Peter Bichener was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Bedfordshire. He was born in Bedford.
Peter John Webley is a former English cricketer. Webley was a left-handed batsman who bowled leg breaks and the googly. He was born in Luton, Bedfordshire.
Sir Thomas Walton was an English MP and Speaker of the House of Commons.
Henry Kaye Bonney D.D. was an English churchman, photographer and author.
Richard Taylor was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1621 to 1629.
Richard Taylor was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1661 to 1667. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War.
Matthew John Taylor is a Welsh first-class cricketer.
