Captain Matthew Flinders (16 March 1774 – 19 July 1814) was an English navigator and cartographer who led the first inshore circumnavigation of the landmass that is now known as Australia. He is also …
Thomas Boor Crosby was born at Gosberton Risegate on 26 October, 1830, the son of William Crosby (farmer) and Mary Boor.
He was Village Doctor to the Lord Mayor of London.…
Sir Halley Stewart (18 January 1838 – 26 January 1937) was an English businessman, journalist, philanthropist and Liberal Party politician who sat as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1887 to 1895 and …
(Born in 1858)
English Labour Party politician who served as Member of Parliament for the Holland with Boston constituency from 1918 until 1924.
He was born in Spalding, Lincolnshire, an…
Sir Richard Winfrey (born on 5 August 1858 in Long Sutton, died 18 April 1944) was a British Liberal politician, newspaper publisher and campaigner for agricultural rights. He served as Member of Parl…
Sir John Wilson Gleed, M.A., J.P. (1865–1946) was Chairman of the Holland Education Committee and of Holland County Council. He was knighted for political and public service by King George VI on 13 Ju…
(born 1884 in Long Sutton)
Alfred Piccaver (5 February 1884 – 23 September 1958) was a British-American operatic tenor. He was particularly noted for his performances as Rodolfo in Giacomo Pucc…
Henry Harold Welch Pearson (born 28 January 1870 in Long Sutton, died November 1916) was a British-born South African botanist, chiefly remembered for founding Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden i…
(born 1872 – Holbeach)
Lecturer, journalist, author and Member of Parliament for the Labour Party. Angell was one of the principal founders of the Union of Democratic Control. He served on the …
Born in Barrington Gate, Holbeach on November 7th 1687, William Stukeley became both a medical doctor and an Anglican priest. He is perhaps best remembered for his antiquarian and archaeological resea…
