Hungerford (disambiguation)

Hungerford is a placename, whence also, the surname^[1]

People

• Anne Bassett Hungerford, mistress of Henry VIII
• Thomas Hungerford, First recorded Speaker of the House of Commons (1330–1397)
• Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford, Speaker of the House of Commons (1378–1449)
• Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford of Heytesbury, first Englishman to be executed for homosexuality (1503–1540)
• Bruce Hungerford, pianist
• Ralph Hungerford, 33rd Governor of American Samoa
• Margaret Wolfe Hungerford, Irish novelist (1855–1897)

Places

• United Kingdom:
  • Hungerford, Berkshire, England
  • Hungerford, Shropshire, England
  • Hungerford, Somerset, England
  • Farleigh Hungerford, Somerset, England
• United States:
  • Hungerford, Texas
• Australia:
  • Hungerford, Queensland

Other

• The Hungerford Bridge - a bridge over the Thames at London
• The Hungerford Massacre - a mass shooting in 1987 at Hungerford, Berkshire

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