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==== Other ==== *[[Joseph Medworth]] (born in Wisbech, 1752β1827), builder who developed the [[Wisbech Castle|castle estate]] into a circus including "The Crescent" in Wisbech and redeveloped "Thurloe's Mansion" into the current Regency villa on the castle site *[[Richard Kelham Whitelamb]], baptised 1765 in Wisbech was 2' 10" tall. His portrait by [[Samuel Ireland]] (1744β1800) is in the [[Royal Collection]]. He was an exhibit at fairs and a handbill dated 23 August 1787 states "he is now in the 22nd year, 34 inches high and weighs 42lbs."<ref>{{cite book|title= Wisbech, Inns, Taverns and Beer-Houses: Past and Present volume 4 The Loaf - The Orchard House Hotel|author= Andy Ketley|publisher= Friends of Wisbech & Fenland Museum|year= 2022|page= 63}}</ref> *Charles Boucher (died 1866), brewer, lived at '[[Wisbech Castle|The Castle]]' and owned the Union Brewery and 44 public houses *Rev. [[Chauncy Hare Townshend]] (1798β1868), philanthropist and owner of property in Wisbech. He was a friend of [[Charles Dickens]] and the author's manuscript of ''Great Expectations'' given him by Dickens was left to [[Wisbech & Fenland Museum]].<ref name="History of Wisbech and Neighborhood" /> *Lieutenant [[Robert Pate]], Jr (1819β1895), son of corn merchant Robert Francis Pate, was a [[British Army]] [[Officer (armed forces)|officer]], remembered for his assault on [[Queen Victoria]] in 1850. He was transported to Australia for seven years, where he married and later returned to England. *[[Philip Vassar Hunter]] (1883β1956), engineer, born in Wisbech *Sir [[Frank Arthur Stockdale]] (1883β1949), pupil at [[Wisbech Grammar School]], became an agriculturist and colonial agricultural administrator *[[Tony Martin (farmer)|Tony Martin]] (1944β2025), farmer who shot a burglar dead in 1999, born in Wisbech
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