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Revd Benjamin Parsons |
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| Born in North Nibley. Congregational minister. Minister of Ebley Chapel, 1826. Was the champion of good causes in speeches and writing - anti-slavery, education, temperance, protection of Selsley Hill from enclosure. Edwin Paxton Hood, The Earnest Minister: A Record of the Life of the Rev. Benjamin Parsons, 1856. |
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Jack Russell |
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| Cricketer & painter. Born in Stroud. Educated at Archway School. Wicket-keeper of Gloucestershire first team, 1982. Member of England team from 1988-96. Has produced many well-received oil paintings. Jack Russell, Unleashed, 1997. |
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Lord John Russell |
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| MP (Liberal) Stroud, 1835-41. Son of the sixth Duke of Bedford. Home Secretary 1835-9. Secretary for War & Colonies 1839-41. Owner Rodborough Court in 1855-70. His son Lord Amberley lived there from 1865-70. Became Earl Russell in 1861 and Prime Minister 1846-51 & 1865-6. Russell & Bedford Streets are named after him. Ed. Bertrand & Patricia Russell, The Amberley Papers, 1937. |
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