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James Watney

James Watney (1832–1886) of Beddington, Surrey, and Thorney House, Palace Gate, Kensington, was Conservative MP for East Surrey from 1871–1885 and Master of the Mercers' Company in 1879.


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George André Robertson

In 1991, health problems (such as Parkinson's disease) forced him to retire and he went to live in Surrey, where he died on 22 February 2007 at the East Surrey Hospital in Redhill at the age of 77.

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Wilfred Nevill

Nevill joined the East Yorkshire Regiment but transferred to the East Surrey Regiment and was the originator of the East Surrey’s famous “Football Charge” on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916.