THORNBURYPUMP - Key Persons


Alfred Dodman

Job Titles:
  • Lynn Agricultural Engineer, Biography in the Book
John Hillman Howard (1828 - 1911) - captain of the steam tug Spindrift, biography in the book.

Charles Jackson

Job Titles:
  • Sandringham Head Gamekeeper
John Dyker Thew (1824 - 1891) - editor of the Lynn Advertiser, biography in the book. George Ware (1841 - 1911) - Superintendent of the Borough Police, biography in the book.

Charles Penny

Job Titles:
  • Sandringham Head Gardener
Joseph Prince (1836 - 1914) - stud groom to the Prince of Wales.

Joseph Prince

Joseph Prince (1836 - 1914) - stud groom to the Prince of Wales.

Samuel Gurney Cresswell

Samuel Gurney Cresswell joined the Royal Navy and served as a lieutenant on board H.M.S. Agincourt, the flagship of Sir Thomas Cochrane, Commander-in-Chief of the East India and China station. Between 1845 and 1847, he distinguished himself in several actions against pirates in Borneo and Brunei.