Wormington People

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Listed alphabetically by last name

Thomas Attwood	Killed aged 46 - along with William Edwards, 49, of Tewkesbury; John Smith, 23 of Toddington; and Frederick Gibbins, 23, of Winchcombe - when the Toddington railway viaduct fell during construction in November 1903.
Henry Gordon Clegg	Husband of Maud Field Clegg. Moved from Broadway to Wormington Grange in 1920. Died aged 59 in August 1927, with a personal estate valued at £44,393 (approximately £3,563,960 in 2025 pounds). For more, see Maud Field Clegg.
Hugh Neville "Peter" Clegg	Only son of Maud Field and Henry Gordon Clegg. Married Kathleen Fielding, elder daughter of Sir Charles and Lady Fielding of Ingfield Manor, Billinghurst, in London in 1925, when he was a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy serving on H.M.S Delhi. Kathleen was the great-great-great-grandaughter of Henry Fielding, author of "Tom Jones", and traced family origins to Geoffrey de Fildinge, Count of Hapsburg, who came to England in 1235 and was knighted by Henry III for valour according to a newspaper report of the wedding. Peter played cricket regularly for Dumbleton, was a member of the North Cotswold Hunt Committee, and Secretary of the Point to Point meeting. He died suddenly on Saturday, November 23, 1929.
Laura Kathleen Clegg	Laura Kathleen was the only daughter of Maud Field and Henry Gordon Clegg. She married Maj. Hastings Ismay. D.S.O., son of Sir Stanley Ismay KCSI (Knight Commander of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India) and Lady Ismay on August 4, 1921 at St. Michael's Church in Stanton. At the time Maj. Ismay was with the 21st Cavalry, Frontier Forces.
Maud Field Clegg	Born on February 9, 1872 in Chicago, Mrs. Clegg was a daughter of Joseph Field of Chicago (whose brother Marshall died in 1905 leaving an estate valued at $145 million (or about $5 billion in 2025 terms)). She married Henry Gordon Clegg in the 1890s, living at Bibworth House in Broadway before moving to Wormington Grange in 1920. She was the mother of Laura Kathleen and Hugh Neville "Peter" Clegg. Mrs. Clegg led the restoration of St. Katharine's Church in 1926, and according to the Tewksbury Register was responsible for other improvements and renovations in Wormington. She was a member of the Winchcombe Rural District Council and the Winchcombe Board of Guardians, and was active in the Women's Institutes and the local Conservative Association, as well as in and for charitable and community causes such as the Nursing Association and the Dumbleton and Wormington Choral Society, and the North Cotswold Hunt. Mrs. Clegg died on September 8, 1933 at the age of 61, and was buried on September 11. In her honour a meeting of the North Cotswold Hunt scheduled for the day of her funeral was called off, and the blinds of every house in the village were drawn. There were so many mourners that the church overflowed, and many at the funeral had to stand in the churchyard.
Eileen Alexandra Craufurd, née Haig	Owner of Glebe House 1950-1976, nationally and internationally known breeder and shower of dogs, and in particular, the toy breed Japanese Chins, or Riu Gu
Mary Ann Dones	Mrs. Dones, a widow who had kept the only shop in Wormington, died at 86 on December 31, 1937.
Rev. John Duddell	Rector of Wormington. Succeeded the Rev. Thomas Stedman. "one of the original promoters of Sunday Schools", died at the age of 82 at the beginning of 1826.
Alex Gregory	Olympic Gold Medal Winner in the 2012 Olympics, Men's Rowing: Coxless 4
Lyn Griffin	Kennel maid for Mrs. Craufurd at Glebe House, 1970-1971. Edited interview and transcripts recorded June 2024.
Hastings Ismay	Husband of Laura Kathleen Clegg. There is, of course, more to be said about him than that; but in the meantime, please see the entry for Laura Kathleen Clegg.
Rev. Thomas Stedman	of Pembroke College, Oxford, instituted Rector of Wormington on Tuesday, August 8, 1775, succeded by Rev. John Duddell, December 1791. Author of "The Country Clergyman's Advice to his Parishioners, A Sermon, preached in the Parish Church of Wormington in Gloucestershire, March 31, 1776" published on July 8, 1776, and diverse other works. Knew John Wesley.