Editing Falmouth, Cornwall (section)

=== 1850 to 1910 ===
* [[Henry Scott Tuke]] (1858–1929), English [[visual artist]], primarily a painter, but also a photographer
* [[John Charles Williams]] (1861–1939) English [[Liberal Unionist Party|Liberal Unionist]]  politician, gardener at [[Caerhays Castle]], where he grew and bred [[rhododendrons]], MP for [[Truro (UK Parliament constituency)|Truro]] 1892/95, [[High Sheriff of Cornwall]] 1888 and [[Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall]] 1918/36
* [[John Sydney Hicks]] (1864 in Falmouth–1931) British physician and surgeon. He lived in Australia from 1891 to 1912, and was a member of the [[Western Australian Legislative Assembly]]
* [[Charles Masson Fox]] (1866 in Falmouth–1935) Cornish businessman, prominent in [[chess problems]] and has his place in the [[gay]] history of Edwardian England
* [[Robert Barclay Fox]] (1873–1934) Falmouth businessman and Conservative politician, inherited [[Penjerrick Garden]]
* [[Joseph Conrad]], (1857–1924) Writer, stayed at Falmouth for nine months in 1882 <ref>[[Zdzisław Najder|Najder]], Z. (2007) ''Joseph Conrad: A Life'', pp. 90 to 91. Camden House. {{ISBN|978-1-57113-347-2}}.</ref> and later recalled his sojourn in a short story titled [[Youth (Conrad short story)|Youth]]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20100820061947/http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/c/conrad/joseph/c75y/complete.html Conrad's ''Youth''] 
* Sir [[Edward Hoblyn Warren Bolitho]] (1882–1969) Cornish landowner and politician. He was Chairman of [[Cornwall County Council]] 1941/52 and [[Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall]] 1936/62
* Frank [[Harold Hayman]] (1894–1966) British Labour Party politician, MP for [[Falmouth and Camborne (UK Parliament constituency)|Falmouth]] 1950 to 1966
* [[Howard Spring]] (1889 - 1965) Writer, lived in Falmouth from 1947 onwards
* [[Edward Aylmer (cricketer)|Edward Aylmer]] (1892 - 1974) First-class cricketer and Royal Navy officer
* [[Sir John Carew Pole, 12th Baronet]] (1902–1993) landowner, soldier, politician and [[Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall]] 1962/1977
* [[James Carne|Colonel James Power Carne]]  (1906 in Falmouth–1986) Army officer, Korean War recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]]
* [[Robert Peverell Hichens|Lieutenant Commander Robert Peverell Hichens]] (1909–1943) most highly decorated officer of the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve (RNVR) lived in Bodrennick House at [[Flushing, Cornwall]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Hichens|first=Robert Peverell|title=We Fought Them in Gunboats|year=1946|publisher=British Publishers Guild|pages=15–18}}</ref>
* [[Hugh Stewart (film editor)|Hugh St Clair Stewart]]  (1910 in Falmouth–2011) British film editor and producer, filmed [[Bergen-Belsen concentration camp]] following its liberation in April 1945