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 49 people) - Page 0
Robert Vaughan
American writer
Humberston Wright
British film actor
John Bilsborrow
Bishop of Salford
Harry Marshall Ward
British botanist
Lady Sarah Child-Villiers
Jarrod Lyle
Australian professional golfer
Bernard Gordon
Soldier
Kenneth Wolstenholme
Commentator
Harry Brearley
English metallurgist
Seán O'Casey
Dramatist
Oliver Heaviside
English mathematician
Ruby Murray
Singer
George Waterhouse
Former Prime Minister of New Zealand
Lionel Dunsterville
General
Philip Henry Gosse
Naturalist
James Sheridan Knowles
Irish dramatist
Eileen Nearne
Espionage agent
William Henry Harvey
Irish botanist
Cyril Maude
Actor
Ethel Colburn Mayne
Derwent Coleridge
Author
John Colborne, 1st Baron Seaton
Former Governor-general of the Canadas
Percy Stow
British director
William Tite
Architect
William Scoresby
Explorer
John Ellerton
Hymnwriter
David Leach
Bernard Leach's son
Hammy Howell
Musical artist
John Tulloch
Scottish theologian
George Seymour, 7th Marquess of Hertford
Malcolm Musgrove
English football player
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Former Secretary of State for the Colonies of the United Kingdom
George Seymour, 7th Marquess of . . .
Sam Ferris
Olympic athlete
Iain Blair
Author
Henry Phillpotts
Clergy
Cecil Valentine De Vere
British chess player
Thomas Hay‑Drummond, 11th Earl of . . .
Edward Cardwell, 1st Viscount . . .
Former British Secretary of State for War
Helen Taylor
Writer ‧ Harriet Taylor Mill's daughter
Robert Vaughan
American writer
Harriett Abrams
Soprano
Thomas Hay-Drummond, 11th Earl of Kinnoull
Former Lord Lyon King of Arms
Edward Cardwell, 1st Viscount Cardwell
Former British Secretary of State for War
Mike Sangster
British tennis player
Dick Spooner
English cricketer
Frank Riseley
British tennis player
