Ursula Graham Bower (Betts) MBE 1914 - 1988
A pioneer anthropologist in the Naga Hills of North-East India between 1937 and 1946 and a guerrilla fighter against the Japanese in Burma from 1942 to 1945.
In her later years she lived at Stocks Cottage, Burley.
Author of - Naga Path (1950), Drums behind the Hill (1950), and The Hidden Land (1953)
A pioneer anthropologist in the Naga Hills of North-East India between 1937 and 1946 and a guerrilla fighter against the Japanese in Burma from 1942 to 1945.
In her later years she lived at Stocks Cottage, Burley.
Author of - Naga Path (1950), Drums behind the Hill (1950), and The Hidden Land (1953)
Wikipedia Archive material Books by Ursula Bower Biography - The Naga Queen by Vicky Thomas
Interview with Ursula Bower - Part 1 Interview with Ursula Bower - Part 2
Interview with Ursula Bower - Part 1 Interview with Ursula Bower - Part 2
Frederick Nicholson Betts 1906 - 1973
A British Indian Army officer and ornithologist.
Moved to Burley with his wife Ursula in 1967, and died of a stroke while out riding in the New Forest in 1973.
A British Indian Army officer and ornithologist.
Moved to Burley with his wife Ursula in 1967, and died of a stroke while out riding in the New Forest in 1973.
Laurence Hill 1791 - 1872
Successful lawyer from Glasgow who lived at Burley Lawn. See:- burleyhistoricalsociety.weebly.com/laurence-hill.html
Successful lawyer from Glasgow who lived at Burley Lawn. See:- burleyhistoricalsociety.weebly.com/laurence-hill.html
Constance Applebee 1873 - 1981 (aged 107)
English Hockey player who introduced Field Hockey to the USA and laid the foundations for the establishment of Lacrosse, especially in the UK.
Lived at The Withies, Burley Lawn.
Wikipedia Encyclopaedia Britannica Hockey History Biography Biography and fascinating Video
English Hockey player who introduced Field Hockey to the USA and laid the foundations for the establishment of Lacrosse, especially in the UK.
Lived at The Withies, Burley Lawn.
Wikipedia Encyclopaedia Britannica Hockey History Biography Biography and fascinating Video
Baron Edward Shackleton of Burley KG AC OBE FRS FRGS FRGCS 1911 - 1994
Son of Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton he was a British geographer and Labour Party polititian.
Made a life peer as Baron Shackleton of Burley on 11th August 1958.
Lived at Four Acres (now Forest Court), Bisterne Close.
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Son of Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton he was a British geographer and Labour Party polititian.
Made a life peer as Baron Shackleton of Burley on 11th August 1958.
Lived at Four Acres (now Forest Court), Bisterne Close.
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