A county dignitary resident in the parish was
Charles Boughton-Leigh. Other notable residents include: •
Mitchell Symons, journalist and bestselling author. •
Des Lynam, British television and radio presenter. •
Vivian Van Damm, manager and owner of the
Windmill Theatre. •
Richard Henry Walthew (1872–1951) composer, lived at 1 Clarence Drive towards the end of his life. •
Israel Zangwill (1864–1926), writer and advocate of Jewish causes. •
Edith Ayrton Zangwill (died 1945), author. Craig was one of the psychiatrists that
Virginia Woolf consulted when she suffered her breakdowns. •
Heywood Hardy (1842–1933), British artist, who lived in the area from 1909 for most of the rest of his life. • Brigadier Noel Hugh-Jones (1894–1952), decorated career British army officer who in 1942 was front line commander at
Sittang Bridge, Burma (Myanmar). He received instructions to destroy the bridge to stop the Japanese advance on Rangoon (Yangton). Due to communication problems he was unaware that many of his Gurkha troops, who were fighting a rear-guard action, were still on the wrong side of the bridge. After the explosion, he discovered the enormity of the loss of both men and
materiel. He collapsed and it was said his hair turned white within days from the shock. He was shipped home on medical grounds. He drowned in 1952 whilst swimming in the sea near East Preston. Blue Plaque Ayrton & Zangwill.jpg|Edith & Israel Zangwill Blue Plaque,
Far End, East Preston ==See also==