The naval officer Samuel Wallis was born near Camelford (among his achievements was the circumnavigation of the world).
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Francis Hurdon, the Canadian politician was also born at Camelford.
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Crowdy Reservoir is located on Bodmin Moor near Camelford in North Cornwall.
His father was auditor-general of the duchy of Cornwall, while Frederick was Prince of Wales ; was M.P. for Westminster in 1722, for St. Germans in 1734, for Camelford in 1741, and for Northampton in 1754, and died on 29 May 1759.
John Anthony Fonblanque (1759–1837), English equity lawyer and Member of Parliament for Camelford 1802–1806
Camelford railway station served not only Camelford, but also Tintagel and Boscastle (which did not have a closer rail link) with bus services operated by Southern National connecting the villages with the station.
Thomas Pitt, 2nd Baron Camelford (19 February 1775 – 10 March 1804) was a British peer, naval officer and wastrel, best known for bedevilling George Vancouver during and after the latter's great voyage of exploration.
He was the son of John Angerstein (1773–1858) MP for Camelford, 1796 and Greenwich, 1835 and grandson of John Julius Angerstein.