Torquay
Torquay is a seaside resort town on the English Channel in Devon, south west England. Known for beaches such as Babbacombe and cliffside Oddicombe, its coastline is nicknamed the English Riviera. Torquay Harbour near the town centre offers shops, cafes and a marina. Torre Abbey, a monastery founded in 1196, has art galleries and extensive gardens featuring plants from local writer Agatha Christie's novels.
People died in Torquay (First 19 people) - Page 1
Clifford Coffin
Soldier
William Phillimore Watts Phillimore
Solicitor
Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke
Enid Charles
British statistician
Edward Lytton
Former Secretary of State for the Colonies of the United Kingdom
William Alexander
Poet
Edward Bulwer
Former Secretary of State for the Colonies of the United Kingdom
Bruce Rowland
Australian composer
Olive Wharry
Artist
Aubrey Spencer
Canadian clergy
Lady Sarah Child-Villiers
Christabel Rose Coleridge
English novelist and editor
William Dawnay, 6th Viscount Downe
Frederick Francis Maude
British soldier
John Boileau
Archaeologist
Rosa Campbell Praed
Australian novelist and playwright
Studholme John Hodgson
General
Francis Edward Bigge
Former Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council